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Content is loading, please wait.Top Real-Estate Agents in Hennepin County
Minnesota's most populous county, anchored by Minneapolis and the affluent west-metro lake suburbs around Lake Minnetonka.
- Communities covered
- 42
- Published city rankings
- 10
- County agent shortlist
- 6
Published city rankings in Hennepin County
Minneapolis
Urban Core
Median $375K
Plymouth
West Metro
Median $565K
Eden Prairie
West Metro
Median $545K
Minnetonka
West Metro
Median $585K
Edina
South Metro
Median $785K
Orono
West Metro
Median $1.6M
Shorewood
West Metro
Median $795K
Wayzata
West Metro
Median $2.3M
Deephaven
West Metro
Median $1.4M
Excelsior
West Metro
All communities in Hennepin County
Ranked links below have original local context and at least two researched profiles. The remaining names are coverage records, not published recommendations.
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Top agents in Hennepin County
This shortlist includes agents whose stated home base or service area resolves to a community in Hennepin County. The order follows the site's five-factor editorial score; county inclusion does not prove a recent closing in every community.
| # | Agent | Score | Focus | Brokerage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Houghton | 9.4 | Waterfront | MN Property Group · RE/MAX Results |
| 2 | Ellen DeHaven | 9.2 | Luxury | Coldwell Banker Realty |
| 3 | Bryce Caldwell | 9.1 | Waterfront | RE/MAX Advantage Plus |
| 4 | Graham Smith | 9.1 | First-Time Buyers | The Graham Smith Team · Keller Williams Integrity Lakes |
| 5 | Jim Dropps | 9.1 | First-Time Buyers | Northeast Real Estate Group |
| 6 | Brian Scates | 9.0 | Relocation | Scates Real Estate |
1. Joe Houghton
9.4/10$127K–$1.9M
Joe Houghton operates Minnesota Property Group under RE/MAX Results in Plymouth. Minnesota Commerce showed resident-broker license 40503429 Active through June 30, 2028 when checked August 2, 2026. His biography claims 1,600-plus career sales since 2002, while Zillow separately displayed 1,597 team sales, 20 in the prior 12 months and 183 team reviews at a displayed 5.0.
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2. Ellen DeHaven
9.2/10$185K–$8.8M · 2 reviews
Ellen DeHaven leads a Coldwell Banker Global Luxury team in Wayzata and held an Active Minnesota resident-salesperson record when checked August 2, 2026. RealTrends reports 9 individual sides and $22.01M for 2025, while Homes.com displayed 82 closed sales and $170.9M over five years. Her $800M career-sales and 300-plus lakeshore-sales figures remain first-party claims, not independently reconciled career totals.
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3. Bryce Caldwell
9.1/10$126K–$891K · 27 reviews
Bryce Caldwell is a Minnetonka-based RE/MAX Advantage Plus agent whose strongest public differentiator is a library of sourced west-metro and Lake Minnetonka due-diligence guides. Zillow displayed 27 reviews at 5.0, 17 sales in the prior 12 months, 62 total sales and a $126K–$891K range when reviewed. His own About page claimed 64 career sales, so the two totals remain separate rather than being blended.
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4. Graham Smith
9.1/10$150K–$2.8M · 119 reviews
Graham Smith leads The Graham Smith Team at Keller Williams Integrity Lakes. Zillow displayed 119 team reviews at a 5.0 average, 80 team sales in the trailing 12 months and 1,419 total team sales when this profile was reviewed. Those figures describe the team—not Graham's individual production—and replace earlier unsourced cross-platform and career-volume totals.
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5. Jim Dropps
9.1/10$180K–$1M · 32 reviews
Jim Dropps is the broker-owner of Northeast Real Estate Group and states that he has lived in Northeast Minneapolis since 2004. Zillow displayed 32 reviews at a 5.0 average, 20 sales in the trailing 12 months and 366 total recorded sales when reviewed. His first-party biography supports a construction-family and home-building background, but the exact number of homes built remains a profile claim rather than an audited production metric.
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6. Brian Scates
9.0/10$300K–$1.2M · 155 reviews
Brian Scates leads Scates Real Estate from Wayzata. Redfin displayed 155 reviews at a 4.9 average, license 20529014 and 756 homes closed when reviewed. Zillow separately displayed 120 team reviews, 52 team sales in the trailing 12 months and 941 total team sales. The 800-plus career figure appears in profile biography copy and is kept as an attributed claim rather than an audited individual total.
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Why this ranking appears in this order
This page compares 6 researched agents with a stated home base or service area in Hennepin County. The displayed order follows the published five-factor score. The math is fixed; the five input scores are editorial evaluations of the public evidence available through August 2026.
- Ranking formula
- Local knowledge 25% + client reviews 25% + market expertise 20% + communication 15% + specialization fit 15%.
- Time period
- Evidence reviewed through August 2026. Review totals are snapshots; career claims may cover longer periods and must state that context.
- Objective vs. editorial
- The weighted calculation is deterministic after the inputs are assigned. Selecting evidence and assigning each dimension score require editorial judgment.
- Commercial independence
- Agents cannot purchase inclusion, a score, numbered position, or favorable verdict. Any sponsorship must appear outside the editorial ranking.
- Transaction-data boundary
- This edition does not use a private MLS feed or a standardized file of verified 2025 closings. Sales volume, homes sold, sale-to-list ratio, and days on market are not assumed when attributable evidence is unavailable.
- Independent corroboration
- Government records control licensing facts. Brokerage, agent, review-platform, award, and production claims are kept distinct; agreement across sources raises confidence but does not erase source limitations.