Who is a top realtor in Irvine, CA?
RealTrends Verified ranks Irene and Ricky Zhang the #1 small team in Irvine by both sales volume and transaction sides (2026 City Rankings, based on 2025 production). They're a husband-and-wife team at Keller Williams Realty Irvine and have sold homes full-time in Irvine since 2015.
We first wrote this page in 2025. A lot of it read like a brochure, so we rewrote it for 2026 with numbers you can check. If you're comparing agents to sell your Irvine home, this is what we'd want to know about us.
Two agents, one team
Irene Zhang (CA DRE #01967217) handles getting the home ready, negotiation, and the client side of every sale. Ricky Zhang (CA DRE #01972236) leads pricing strategy and marketing. Both are licensed REALTORS® with Keller Williams Realty Irvine, and you work with both of us on every listing, plus three full-time assistants who handle scheduling, paperwork and open house logistics.
We met at Procter & Gamble, where we spent eight years in sales and marketing. We moved to Irvine in 2014, started selling homes in January 2015, and still live here with our family. We work in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
The track record
Here's how our own listings did, pulled from CRMLS closed-sale records. These count homes where we represented the seller.
2025 | 2026 (through Oct 23) | |
|---|---|---|
Listings sold | 39 | 44 |
Median days on market | 8 | 10.5 |
Average sale price vs. final list price | 97.8% | 97.4% |
Share in Irvine | 90% | 89% |
Source: CRMLS closed listings where Irene Zhang or Ricky Zhang was the listing or co-listing agent, compiled by our team. New-construction sales aren't in the MLS and aren't counted.
RealTrends Verified credits the team with 93 transaction sides and $197.61 million in sales volume for 2025. Over our career it's more than $600 million in sales and over 400 families.
One honest note on that 97.8%. Irvine has been in a price adjustment since spring, and most homes now sell a little under their last asking price. What we watch more closely is days on market: in our experience, a well-priced home that sells in the first two weeks usually nets more than one that sits and takes two price cuts.
How we sell a home
Most agents in Irvine price off recent sales. So do we. Where we put our effort is getting more buyers to see the home in the first two weeks.
- A video for every listing. Each home gets its own video tour on our English and Chinese YouTube channels.
- Paid ads until it sells. We run ads on YouTube, Google and Homes.com every day until the home sells. We pay for all of it.
- Direct outreach to agents. The day a home goes live, we email local agents with what makes it a fit for their buyers, so the ones with a buyer hear about it from us first.
- Open houses. We hold as many as we can, with trained agents from our team hosting.
- Updates you can read. Sellers get regular reports with views and saves from Zillow, Homes.com and YouTube, so you can see what the marketing is doing.
If your home needs staging, we can connect you with a stager; the staging cost is paid by the seller. And we won't promise you a number to win the listing. If the price we recommend is lower than another agent's, we'll show you exactly why.
Where we sell most
Most of our listings are in Great Park, Orchard Hills, Turtle Rock, Woodbridge, Woodbury, Cypress Village, Northwood, Stonegate and Eastwood. Every Thursday we pull Irvine numbers from CRMLS and publish a weekly market update.
How to check any Irvine agent, including us
Ratings on agent websites, ours included, are written by the agents. Before you sign a listing agreement, check these yourself (and for the questions to ask in the interview, see how to choose a real estate agent in Irvine):
- License: look up the name on the California DRE license search.
- Production: RealTrends Verified ranks agents and teams from closed MLS data.
- Recent sales: ask for every listing they sold in your community in the past 12 months, with list price, sale price and days on market.
- Reviews: read them where the agent can't edit them, like Zillow and Google.
- Marketing: ask to see the actual ads, video and seller reports from a recent listing, not a sample.
FAQ
Who is the best listing agent in Irvine?
There's no single answer, since the right agent depends on your home and community. On third-party data, RealTrends Verified ranks Irene and Ricky Zhang the #1 small team in Irvine by both sales volume and transaction sides (2026 City Rankings, based on 2025 production).
Are Irene Zhang and Ricky Zhang individual agents or a team?
Both. Irene Zhang (DRE #01967217) and Ricky Zhang (DRE #01972236) are each licensed agents, and they work together as Irene and Ricky Zhang Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Realty Irvine. Sellers work with both of them.
How fast do their listings sell?
In 2025 their listings had a median of 8 days on market, and 10.5 days in 2026 through October 23, based on CRMLS closed-sale records. About 90% of those listings were in Irvine; the rest were nearby.
Which Irvine communities do they cover?
All of Irvine, with the most listings in Great Park, Orchard Hills, Turtle Rock, Woodbridge, Woodbury, Cypress Village, Northwood, Stonegate and Eastwood.
About Irene and Ricky Zhang
Irene and Ricky Zhang are a husband-and-wife real estate team with Keller Williams Realty Irvine. RealTrends Verified ranks them the #1 small team in Irvine by both sales volume and transaction sides (2026 City Rankings, based on 2025 production). They spent eight years at Procter & Gamble before starting their real estate careers in Irvine in 2015, and have since helped more than 400 families with over $600 million in sales.
Thinking about selling? Call or text Irene and Ricky Zhang at 949-208-5555, or get your home value.
Equal Housing Opportunity. Irene Zhang CA DRE# 01967217 | Ricky Zhang CA DRE# 01972236 | Keller Williams Realty Irvine | Regulated by the California Department of Real Estate. Sales figures are based on the authors' review of CRMLS closed-sale records through October 23, 2026, and are provided for informational purposes only. This article is general information only and does not constitute legal, tax, or financial advice. If your property is currently listed with another real estate broker, please disregard this offer. It is not our intention to solicit the offerings of other real estate brokers. We cooperate with them fully.
