A directory of 20 Realtors working in and around Atherton, listed by verified 2025 sales volume. See each agent's brokerage, Zillow reviews and specialties in one place. Updated October 2026.
Agents are listed by 2025 sales volume from RealTrends Verified city rankings for Menlo Park, Woodside, Palo Alto, Redwood City and Portola Valley. RealTrends does not publish a separate Atherton ranking.
Atherton connection: Born and raised in Atherton; her own site lists Atherton among the communities she serves.
Keri Nicholas has represented buyers and sellers on the Peninsula since 1991. She was born and raised in Atherton and works across Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Woodside and nearby communities.
Her 2025 verified volume of $330.53 million across 61 sides is the highest of any agent in this directory and puts her first on the RealTrends Verified Menlo Park list. She works from Parc Agency's office on Oak Grove Avenue in Menlo Park.
Atherton connection: His Compass page lists Atherton among the areas he serves, and Atherton sold listings appear there.
Josh Rubin was born and raised in Portola Valley and studied computer science at UC Santa Cruz before a career in real estate. He serves Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Woodside, Atherton, Palo Alto and Los Altos, with a focus on luxury homes.
His Zillow profile lists buyer and listing representation, relocation, staging, first-time buyers, investment properties, luxury homes and new construction, and shows 26 sales in the last 12 months.
Atherton connection: Her Compass page cites expertise across Atherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley and Palo Alto.
Erika Demma has lived on the Peninsula her whole life, with over two decades as a Woodside resident. She works across Woodside, Atherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley and Palo Alto.
RealTrends Verified places her first on its 2025 Woodside list by volume, at $188.91 million across 25 sides. Zillow lists her as a buyer's and listing agent with relocation and new-construction experience.
Atherton connection: His own site names Atherton first among the four towns he serves.
Hugh Cornish represents buyers and sellers in Atherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley and Woodside. He has more than 30 years in the business and works with a support team that includes assistants and marketing staff.
His 2025 verified volume of $162.39 million places him third on the RealTrends Verified Menlo Park list, and the same figure appears on his own site.
Atherton connection: His Compass page lists Atherton among the areas he serves, and Atherton listings appear there.
Zach Trailer serves Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Woodside, Portola Valley, Los Altos and the rest of the mid-Peninsula. His Compass profile reports more than $700 million in career sales.
Zillow lists him as a buyer's and listing agent with relocation and investment-property experience.
Atherton connection: Not stated on his Compass or Zillow pages.
Chao Wen has a Ph.D. and works as both a Realtor and a loan officer, offering full service from loan pre-approval through purchase and sale. He has the most Zillow reviews of any agent in this directory.
Zillow shows 42 sales in the last 12 months and 241 in total. He works in English and Mandarin.
Atherton connection: Her Coldwell Banker profile says she has sold dozens of homes in surrounding areas including Atherton and Menlo Park.
Annie Watson serves buyers and sellers across Silicon Valley with more than 25 years in the industry. She has also sold dozens of homes in surrounding areas including Atherton and Menlo Park.
She holds master's degrees in taxation and accountancy, and ranks first on the RealTrends Verified Palo Alto list for 2025. She does not have a Zillow profile; her rating shown here is from Google, as displayed on Birdeye.
Atherton connection: Atherton is a core part of his practice: his website portfolio shows 16 Atherton sales, and his Atherton page covers his work there.
Michael Warren grew up in San Mateo and now lives in Woodside with his wife and three children. After working with Silicon Valley startups, he moved into Peninsula real estate and has worked in it for about 11 years. He works with founders, executives and venture capitalists across the mid-Peninsula, and his Atherton work includes the $40 million sale of 233 Park Lane in 2023.
The Park Lane sale was a turnkey house that The Real Deal described in October 2023 as one of the top three on-market residential deals in the Bay Area that year to date. His public portfolio lists 16 Atherton sales covering 14 different homes, alongside Atherton leases, which are not counted as sales.
His focus is the top of the mid-Peninsula market: Atherton estates on lots of an acre or more, Woodside acreage and equestrian properties, historic estates, newly built turnkey homes, off-market and confidential transactions, and luxury leases. RealTrends Verified places him second on its 2025 Woodside list, with $113.96 million across 14 sides, 91st by volume in California and 253rd nationally.
Atherton connection: Her Compass page names Atherton among her four core communities; Atherton sales appear there, including 5 Carolina Lane at $14.5 million.
Xin Jiang takes a data-driven approach, helping tech executives and young entrepreneurs buy across Palo Alto, Los Altos, Menlo Park and Atherton. She has shared market findings in the Palo Alto Weekly real estate section since 2015.
She works in English, Mandarin and Japanese, and Compass lists an MBA from Wharton.
Atherton connection: His Zillow bio names Atherton among his areas of expertise; his Sotheby's page does not.
Peter Cowperthwaite founded Cowperthwaite & Company in 1989, a boutique firm known in the higher-end Peninsula markets. He began in real estate in 1988 after an early career as a Certified Public Accountant.
His Zillow bio lists expertise in Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City and Woodside.
Atherton connection: A life-long Atherton resident; her Compass page says she specializes in Atherton properties.
Born at Stanford and a life-long Atherton resident, Liz Daschbach has sold residential real estate on the Mid-Peninsula for more than three decades. She works from San Carlos to Los Altos and Mountain View, with a focus on Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City and Woodside.
Zillow lists her as Elizabeth Daschbach of Compass.
Atherton connection: His own site names Atherton first among the communities he focuses on.
Chris Iverson has sold Peninsula real estate since 2005, focusing on Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Portola Valley and Woodside. He works directly with clients rather than managing a team, and most of his business comes from repeat clients and referrals.
Zillow lists him as a buyer's and listing agent with relocation and luxury-home experience.
2025 verified volume $80.30M · 19 sides · #3 on the RealTrends Palo Alto list
Silicon ValleyPeninsulaRealtor association district co-chairProfessionalTrustworthy
Atherton connection: Not stated as a service area; her pages show Atherton sales such as 84 Lupin Lane and 172 Encinal Avenue.
Lori Buecheler brings more than 13 years of real estate experience to clients in Silicon Valley and on the Peninsula. Clients describe her as a Realtor who goes above and beyond.
She is Co-Chair of the Palo Alto/Menlo Park/Atherton District of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors.
2025 verified volume $75.07M · 9 sides · #4 on the RealTrends Palo Alto list
Home preparationInterior design backgroundPalo AltoKnowledgeableProfessional
Atherton connection: Her Compass bio names Atherton as part of her career history rather than as a current service area.
Sherry Bucolo moved to Palo Alto in 1987 and began her real estate career selling homes on the Peninsula, including in Atherton, Woodside, Menlo Park, Los Altos and Palo Alto. Her interior design background helps clients prepare homes for sale.
2025 verified volume $70.63M · 17 sides · #5 on the RealTrends Palo Alto list
Referral-basedNew constructionRelocationBay Area Leading 100ProfessionalTrustworthy
Atherton connection: Atherton is listed on his site's communities page.
John Forsyth James has worked on the mid-Peninsula for more than 30 years and has been named twice to the Bay Area Leading 100 list. His Compass profile reports over $970 million in career sales.
Zillow lists him as a buyer's and listing agent with relocation and new-construction experience.
Atherton connection: Her Redfin page lists Atherton among cities where she has closed homes; it is not stated as a service area.
Maribel Cribb has more than three decades in the business and a mortgage banking background. She offers concierge-level service, including coordinating staging, repairs and moving logistics, and connects buyers with off-market opportunities.
She is a Principal Agent in Redfin's Palo Alto office and leads The Cribb Collective; the volume shown here is her own RealTrends figure, and her Zillow reviews are labeled as team reviews.
Mara McCain has been a licensed Realtor since 1990 and is a lifelong Peninsula resident. She has represented buyers and sellers of luxury homes in both private transactions and published MLS sales, and graduated from UC Berkeley with high honors.
Her 2025 volume came from just four sides, an average of about $17.2 million each.
Atherton connection: Her Zillow bio names Atherton among the cities she specializes in; it is not confirmed on her Compass page.
Julie Tsai Law began her real estate career in 2002 and has completed hundreds of transactions for sellers, buyers and investors. About 80 percent of her clients come from referrals or repeat business.
Her Zillow specialties span buyer and listing representation, relocation, investment properties, luxury homes, new construction and senior communities.
Christie's International Real Estate Sereno · Menlo Park, CA · Over 20 years
2025 verified volume $62.50M · 5 sides · #9 on the RealTrends Menlo Park list
New constructionMid-PeninsulaFine propertiesKnowledgeableProfessional
Atherton connection: Not stated as a service area; her site features Atherton listings, including 2 Carolina Lane and 368 Camino Al Lago.
Nathalie de Saint Andrieu has sold fine properties across the mid-Peninsula and Silicon Valley for more than 20 years, with a specialty in new construction. She has lived and worked in the Bay Area since 1984.
Atherton connection: Not stated; her Redfin closed-sales list does not include Atherton.
Jenny Rowe is a Los Altos native who started in real estate in 2009 by styling and flipping homes while working as a television news anchor, and became a full-time agent in 2016. That renovation background gives her a broad understanding of construction, permitting and design.
She is a Principal Agent with Redfin in Redwood City. Her Zillow profile still shows her previous brokerage.
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How this directory is ordered
Atherton is a small town of about five square miles with a one-acre minimum lot size and no commercial zoning, so most buyers and sellers rely on agents who also work in neighboring Menlo Park, Woodside and Palo Alto. This directory lists 20 individual Realtors from those nearby markets, ordered by their verified 2025 sales volume. Each listing shows the agent's brokerage, Zillow rating and review count where one exists, and the areas they say they serve.
Verified sales volume2025 volume from the RealTrends Verified 2026 "Agents, Ranked By Volume" lists, released July 10, 2026. This is the only factor that sets the order.
Five nearby city listsMenlo Park, Woodside, Palo Alto, Redwood City and Portola Valley, each read in full on October 11, 2026. Individual agents only; teams are excluded.
SidesThe number of transaction sides behind each agent's volume. Fractional sides reflect shared transactions.
ReviewsZillow ratings and counts, shown as supporting data only. Many high-volume agents have few or no Zillow reviews, so reviews do not affect order.
Atherton connectionWhat each agent's own pages say about Atherton, from a stated service area to closed sales only. We do not label anyone an Atherton specialist unless their own pages do.
No self-reported claimsRankings or titles that agents give themselves on their own sites are not repeated here unless an independent source confirms them.
A note on choosing. Volume shows how much an agent sold, not whether they are the right fit for your home. Shortlist two or three agents whose recent sales resemble your property, ask each for comparable Atherton sales and references, and interview all of them before you sign.
Atherton at a glance
Market snapshot from Redfin, August 2026 (approximate). Figures are refreshed at each update.
~$12.0MMedian sale price, three months ending August 2026
26Homes sold in August 2026
17 daysMedian days on market
106.9%Sale-to-list price ratio
Atherton and nearby neighborhoods
Lindenwood: located in northeast Atherton and known for its Eichler homes.
Atherton Oaks and West Atherton: two other named Atherton neighborhoods.
Menlo Park, Woodside, Palo Alto, Portola Valley and Redwood City: the nearby markets whose agent lists this directory draws from.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the best real estate agent in Atherton?
No single ranking names one best agent for every home. RealTrends does not publish an Atherton list, so this directory uses nearby city rankings. By verified 2025 sales volume, the leading agents featured here are Keri Nicholas ($330.53M), Josh Rubin ($192.26M) and Erika Demma ($188.91M). Zach Trailer and Xin Jiang are also featured, and each lists Atherton activity. Michael Warren also covers Atherton heavily, with 16 Atherton sales public on his website portfolio. See his Atherton page for details.
Who is the top-rated Realtor near Atherton?
Zillow ratings across this directory are mostly 4.9 or 5.0, so review count separates agents more than rating does. Chao Wen has the most Zillow reviews among the featured agents (82 reviews, 5.0), followed by Jenny Rowe (38), Julie Tsai Law (26) and Xin Jiang (24). Several high-volume agents have few or no Zillow reviews yet.
Which agent near Atherton has the highest sales volume?
Among the agents featured here, Keri Nicholas of Parc Agency has the highest 2025 verified volume at $330.53M across 61 sides, according to the RealTrends Verified Menlo Park list. Josh Rubin of Compass follows at $192.26M and Erika Demma of Compass at $188.91M.
Which Atherton-area agent has the most Zillow reviews?
Chao Wen of Compass has the largest number of Zillow reviews in this directory, with 82 reviews and a 5.0 rating, and 53 sides in 2025. Chris Iverson (14 reviews) and Erika Demma (9 reviews) are among the agents who also carry a 5.0 average.
Who should I hire to sell my home in Atherton?
Start by comparing agents with a documented local sales history. Featured agents whose own pages mention Atherton include Keri Nicholas, Josh Rubin, Hugh Cornish, Liz Daschbach and Chris Iverson. Michael Warren is another option. He covers Atherton heavily and has 16 Atherton sales public on his website portfolio, with more on his Atherton page. Interview at least two or three and ask for recent comparable sales in Atherton.
Who is the best Realtor for buying a home in Atherton?
Buyers often look for agents with access to off-market homes and experience with large lots. Xin Jiang, Zach Trailer and Michael Warren list Atherton-area buying experience, and Chris Iverson and Peter Cowperthwaite focus on the same mid-Peninsula communities. Compare their recent sales and ask how they find homes before they are listed.
What should I look for in an Atherton Realtor?
Look for recent sales in Atherton or nearby towns at a similar price, a clear plan for pricing and marketing, and references from clients with similar homes. Because lots in Atherton must be at least one acre, agents who understand land, remodeling and new construction can be especially useful.
How much does it cost to hire a Realtor in Atherton?
Commission is negotiable and is set in your listing agreement, so ask each agent to put their fee and what it covers in writing. Higher-priced homes can allow different arrangements, so compare more than one proposal.
How can I verify an agent's sales volume and reviews?
Search the agent's name on RealTrends Verified to see their city rank, volume and sides, and check the production year shown on the page. Then read their Zillow reviews and ask for recent closed sales. Agents with few online reviews may still have strong sales records, so ask for references.
What makes Atherton real estate different?
Atherton has a one-acre minimum lot size, no commercial zoning and a median sale price near $12 million (Redfin, three months ending August 2026). Homes sold quickly in August 2026, with a median of 17 days on market and a sale-to-list ratio of 106.9%.
