Top New-Construction Real-Estate Agents in Minnesota (2026)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Kim Ziton

9.0/10

$69K–$3.4M · 212 reviews

Kim Ziton is a Woodbury-based Keller Williams luxury agent whose first-party site lists extensive production recognition. Zillow independently displayed 212 reviews at 5.0, 81 sales in the trailing 12 months and 1,328 total recorded sales when reviewed. Zillow's profile-level figures are useful public evidence, but they are not an audited MLS production statement.

4. Paul Ryan

9.0/10

$42K–$1.2M · 14 reviews

The most established name on this list — a 31-year broker-owner with a perfect 5.0 rating across 14 Zillow reviews and RE/MAX Hall of Fame recognition.

5. Scott Ulland

9.0/10

$97K–$648K · 8 reviews

A 40-year Austin native with RE/MAX's top production honors and a stack of five-star reviews to back it up.

6. Wendy Carson

8.9/10

$114K–$2.7M · 159 reviews

Wendy Carson is a long-tenured Apple Valley RE/MAX Results agent with a current 159-review Zillow snapshot at 5.0 and independently verified 2024 RealTrends production of 30 sides and $13.28M. She operates as a solo associate across a broad Twin Cities service area.

7. Fritz Kroll

8.9/10

$70K–$2.9M · 159 reviews

A well-documented downtown Minneapolis specialist: Zillow displayed 159 reviews at 5.0 and 25 trailing-year sales, while Homes.com displayed 175 five-year closings with the largest neighborhood concentration in North Loop.

8. Denel Ihde-Sparks

8.9/10

$48K–$2M · 100 reviews

A long-tenured Rochester team leader with a 100-review Zillow team aggregate at 5.0, 87 team sales in the trailing year and a published relocation focus—strong signals that must be interpreted at team, not individual, level.

9. Tom Scott

8.8/10

$139K–$1.7M · 106 reviews

A deeply established Shakopee RE/MAX agent with 106 Zillow reviews at 5.0, 55 trailing-year platform sales and independently verified 2024 production of 35 sides and $17.98M.

10. Tom Sommers

8.8/10

$145K–$980K · 214 reviews

A Lakeville-based Coldwell Banker team lead with a 214-review Birdeye aggregate at 5.0, a separate 27-review Zillow team profile and a public license number. Consumers should clarify which team member handles each stage.

11. Chad Baker

8.8/10

$64K–$1.1M · 63 reviews

An experienced Lakeville broker associate leading Grand Home Concepts, with a July 2026 Zillow snapshot of 63 team reviews at 5.0, 20 team sales in the prior year, and 879 displayed team sales. Best suited to clients comfortable with a team model and interested in south-metro resale, land, or new construction.

12. Randa Haug

8.8/10

$15K–$2.3M · 177 reviews

A heavily reviewed Brainerd Lakes agent: Zillow displayed 177 reviews at 5.0, 57 trailing-year sales and a $15K-to-$2.3M range. Reviews frequently mention collaborator Wes, so consumers should clarify working roles.

13. Amanda Armstrong

8.8/10

$63K–$1M · 31 reviews

A Fergus Falls-based RE/MAX agent whose public profiles document an 18-year experience claim, recent local transaction activity and strong review snapshots. Platform totals conflict, so compare the underlying records rather than combining them.

14. Scott Lynch

8.7/10

$180K–$750K · 100 reviews

Scott Lynch has worked full-time in Central Minnesota real estate since 2001 and is currently with Agency North Real Estate in Sartell, just across the river from St. Cloud. Public sources credit him with more than 500 career transactions and roughly $100 million in sales volume, along with a GRI designation. Independent review platforms show consistently high marks, though the exact count varies by source. He works across a broad range of clients rather than one narrow price tier or property type.

15. Brandon Doyle

8.7/10

$220K–$750K · 139 reviews

A second-generation, tech-forward Maple Grove team pairing an outstanding review record with genuine new-construction expertise.

16. Jay Fletch

8.7/10

$200K–$1.2M · 113 reviews

A 30-year veteran team lead with an unusually deep bench of designations and a genuinely five-star, 100-plus-review track record across the Woodbury/St. Croix Valley corridor.

17. Hyounsoo Lathrop

8.7/10

$275K+ · 53 reviews

A Woodbury-office Coldwell Banker luxury specialist with a genuinely perfect review record (53 reviews, 5.0 stars) and a top-1% local production ranking.

18. Mark Pietig

8.7/10

$12K–$4M · 121 reviews

Founder of a RE/MAX Platinum Club/Hall of Fame team focused squarely on Brainerd Lakes waterfront — the clear specialist pick if a lake home is the goal.

19. Amanda Lumley

8.7/10

$11K–$2.9M · 47 reviews

Amanda Lumley is a Crosslake-based Northland Sotheby's agent with current individual evidence: RealTrends reports 36 sides and $20.89M from 2025 sales data, while Zillow separately displayed 47 reviews at 5.0 and an $11K–$2.9M platform range. Current Minnesota license status still needs an official Commerce lookup before signing.

20. Regan Englund

8.6/10

$300K–$900K · 56 reviews

Regan Englund founded the Regan Englund Real Estate Group, a small team working out of Keller Williams Classic Realty NW in Maple Grove. She holds Minnesota real estate license #40370982 and has been active in the market for roughly a decade. Combined Zillow and Google reviews put her near a 4.9 average across 56 ratings, and third-party agent-ranking data credits her group with about 93 closed transactions in the trailing 12 months. She covers a wide range of transaction types rather than a single niche.

21. Melissa Johnson

8.6/10

$95K–$3M · 18 reviews

A 26-year Burnsville broker who partners with fellow agent Lisa Rieken, and the one agent on this list with an independently-verified 5-star review record.

22. Josh Pomerleau

8.6/10

$18K–$1.7M · 321 reviews

Josh Pomerleau co-founded the Pomerleau Team and JPW Realty. Zillow displayed 321 team reviews at 4.9, 338 team sales in the trailing 12 months and 4,892 total team sales when reviewed. Coon Rapids is a named service area, but the operation is based in Maple Grove and its figures cover all team members.

23. Beth Nordaune

8.5/10

2 reviews

Beth Nordaune is identified as Enclave Team's founder and team leader. When checked August 19, 2026, Zillow showed 1,330 reviews at 5.0 for the team, while Beth's separate individual profile showed two reviews at 5.0 and no reported sales data. Those records are kept separate, and a current Minnesota Commerce result was not captured during this review.

24. Sonja Zoet

8.5/10

$160K–$620K

Sonja Zoet has worked the Mankato-area market since 2013, a hometown return after starting her license in Florida and South Carolina. She spent seven years at True Real Estate, Mankato's largest local brokerage by sales volume, before moving her license to Real Broker, LLC in late 2024 while continuing to run her own team, The Zoet Group. Every review platform checked shows a perfect star rating, though aggregator sites disagree sharply on the exact review count, so no single figure here is treated as authoritative.

25. Melanie & John Willy

8.5/10

$275K–$850K

A husband-and-wife team and consistently top-selling duo at Edina Realty's Eagan office, with 24+ years and 925+ homes closed in the Eagan/south-metro market.

26. Lisa Endersbe

8.5/10

$250K–$900K · 24 reviews

A Coldwell Banker team with a verified 5.0-star, 24-review track record on Birdeye, praised for round-the-clock responsiveness and specialist certifications spanning new construction to distressed property.

27. Scott Hutchinson

8.5/10

$250K–$1.5M · 56 reviews

A Lakeville-headquartered RE/MAX team lead with a strong, independently verified review record and genuine range from bank-owned resale to $1.5M new construction.

28. Becca Brinkman

8.5/10

$225K–$918K · 11 reviews

A Northfield native with two decades of local closings and a clean 5.0-star record, best suited to buyers and sellers who want an agent who already knows the block.

29. Clark Diel

8.5/10

$118K–$650K

A 24-year Mankato veteran with 157 closed sales in the last five years and a specialty list built for harder deals such as foreclosures, short sales, and investment property, not just straightforward retail sales.

30. Jon Perkins

8.5/10

$195K–$820K

A 40-year RE/MAX Results veteran whose team posts more closed Brooklyn Park sales than any other agent found in this research.

31. Nancy Sletten

8.5/10

$174K–$587K

A 20+ year Owatonna-area veteran with the broadest specialty list in this set, from VA loans to farm/ranch to new construction, and a 4.9-star reputation on FastExpert.

32. Tasha Soundara

8.4/10

$300K–$1.2M

A 25-year Twin Cities veteran who recently rebuilt her practice as the boutique, new-construction-focused Sound Home Group under Real Broker.

33. Jeff Scislow

8.4/10

$200K+

A high-volume RE/MAX veteran with a reported 25+ year career and nearly 3,000 home sales, working from the same Apple Valley office building as the Fiorella Group.

34. John & Michele Anselmo

8.4/10

$250K–$900K

A husband-and-wife team with combined licenses dating to 1999 and 2001 — Michele is the Shakopee RE/MAX office's broker of record — with a genuine new-construction angle through John's separate homebuilding company.

35. Charlie Fawver

8.4/10

$85K–$450K

The dean of Austin real estate: he founded the town's oldest agency in 1969 and, 50-plus years in, is still closing deals himself.

36. Tom Clusiau

8.3/10

$150K–$450K · 58 reviews

A solo Fargo-based RE/MAX Realtor with genuinely verifiable review proof and an explicitly stated Moorhead service radius.

37. Bruce Johnson

8.3/10

$150K+

The most tenured agent in this guide — a 40-year Moorhead broker/owner with a RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award, now working alongside his son.

38. Michael Jordan

8.3/10

$220K–$913K · 1 reviews

A lifelong Northfield resident since 1983 with the highest sales volume of this group and a genuine new-construction/relocation specialty, though his public review count is thin.

39. Michael Hall

8.3/10

$350K+ · 58 reviews

A Chanhassen-office broker-owner with a genuine lake-property niche and real, verifiable reviews behind him.

Ben Ganje leads Ben Ganje + Partners at Lakes Sotheby's International Realty in Edina. Minnesota Commerce showed salesperson license 20513492 Active through June 30, 2028 when checked August 25, 2026. Zillow displayed 320 reviews at 5.0 and 82 sales in the trailing 12 months for the team, not for Ben individually.

41. Chris Mosier

8.2/10

$250K–$800K

Chris Mosier has sold real estate in the Lakeville-anchored south metro since 2009, with more than 700 homes closed across Lakeville, Apple Valley, Farmington, Prior Lake and Burnsville. He works as a bilingual (English/Spanish) generalist rather than a niche specialist, covering first-time buyers, move-up sales, new construction and investment property. He recently moved to the newly independent Pemberton Real Estate after several years affiliated with eXp Realty, and no verifiable aggregate review count turned up to back the scattered positive testimonials on his own site and Yelp.

42. Richard McDonough

8.2/10

$370K–$2.4M

Richard McDonough is a fourth-generation Stillwater resident who has worked as a real estate broker in the city for roughly three decades and holds dual licensure in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He practices as an associate broker with Lakes Sotheby's International Realty out of its downtown Stillwater office, with current and recent listings concentrated in the historic Main Street corridor. Third-party transaction data (homes.com) shows 84 closed sales over the past five years worth about $41.9 million; that figure, and the 238 sold listings shown on his own brokerage profile, are both well below the '450+ career transactions' cited in his marketing, a gap that is not explained anywhere public.

43. Ryan Haagenson

8.2/10

$244K–$1.6M

A RE/MAX Hall-of-Famer with 16-plus years and a broad Twin Cities book of business, best for clients who want an experienced generalist rather than one narrow specialty.

44. Ann Breuer

8.2/10

$195K–$775K · 30 reviews

A 25-year veteran team based in neighboring Champlin with the deepest career transaction history of this group and an independently tracked 5.0-star rating across 30 reviews.

45. Jason Huerkamp

8.2/10

Jason Huerkamp is presented by Huerkamp Home Group as its founder and co-leader in Burnsville. When checked August 19, 2026, Zillow showed 339 reviews at 5.0 and 472 sales in the preceding 12 months for the team; Homes.com separately published a five-year activity snapshot without making individual-versus-team scope sufficiently clear. A current Minnesota Commerce result was not captured during this review.

46. Ryan Bretzel

8.2/10

$238K–$1.3M

A solo, 20-year RE/MAX Results agent who genuinely works the full spectrum from first-time buyers to rural acreage, though his review record is inconsistent across platforms.

47. Mark Reiland

8.1/10

$275K–$850K · 15 reviews

Mark Reiland has worked the south metro out of RE/MAX Advantage Plus's Savage office since 2000 and leads the small Reiland Team there. His public review record is real but thin — 15 Google reviews at 4.2 stars — and his brokerage profile lists a wide, generalist range of specialties rather than a narrow focus. Recorded sales cluster in Shakopee, Prior Lake, and Savage, consistent with a Scott County-centered practice. He holds a Certified Distressed Property Expert designation, relevant to short-sale and foreclosure work.

48. Jaclyn Gavzy

8.1/10

$450K–$1.8M

A marketing-background Compass agent posting real $10M-plus annual volume across Minneapolis and the West Metro, verified by RealTrends rather than just self-reported.

49. Kelly Arvidson

8.1/10

$240K–$788K

A Burnsville-based solo agent with a decade-plus of closed deals across the south metro, best for buyers and sellers who want one dedicated point of contact rather than a large team.

50. Sean Drury

8.1/10

$220K–$850K

A veteran Associate Broker and partner at Counselor Realty's Coon Rapids office who stacks four NAR designations behind a practice spanning starter homes, lakeshore, land, and new construction.

51. Lyle Stelter

8.1/10

$145K–$1.2M

A Red Wing resident who spent years renovating homes locally before selling them, backed by a genuinely unusual second career teaching business, tax, and accounting.

52. Chad Piepho

8.0/10

$200K–$1.5M · 6 reviews

Chad Piepho has worked in Minnesota real estate since 2003 and has been based in the Brainerd Lakes area since 2008, now serving as broker/owner of Counselor Realty's Brainerd office. His public review footprint is thin for that tenure — six ratings on one aggregator site, all five stars — so there is limited independent volume to judge consistency against. His stated coverage is concentrated on specific lake chains (Gull Lake, Whitefish Chain) and nearby towns rather than the broader Brainerd market as a whole.

53. Wendy Giles

8.0/10

$100K–$800K

A 27-year Bemidji-area veteran at RE/MAX Results with an unusually broad specialty list, from rentals to lakefront lifestyle to development land.

54. Sam Schoenborn

8.0/10

$135K–$2.6M

A Stillwater-born, fourth-generation agent on Coldwell Banker's Nyberg Group with solid five-year production despite a comparatively short seven years personally licensed.

55. David Bichanga

8.0/10

$286K–$865K

A high-volume RE/MAX veteran whose military background and GRI credential make him a strong fit for veteran and investor clients around Brooklyn Park.

56. Janette Liddle

7.9/10

$300K+ · 1 reviews

A Keller Williams Classic Realty agent out of the Coon Rapids office with two decades of hands-on land-development and new-construction background alongside her licensed-contractor husband, and a self-described focus on luxury properties.