Short answer: There is no single "best" realtor in Southlake, but there is a best fit for your situation. In a market where the median home sells for about $1.39 million and roughly 28% of listings take a price cut, the agent who protects you is the one with pricing discipline, current Southlake comps, and the ability to run your sale and your purchase on one timeline. Brian White, founder of BlueFuse Group at eXp Realty, has closed more than $200 million in career volume, serves 50-plus families a year, and holds eXp Realty's ICON agent status.

If you are typing that question into Google, you are probably not looking for a list of names. You are looking for a way to tell agents apart before you hand one of them the largest transaction of your life.

So instead of asking me to say "me," let me give you the criteria I would use if I were hiring someone to sell my own Southlake house, and then show you our record against those criteria so you can judge it yourself.

What "best" actually means in Southlake right now

Southlake in 2026 is not a slow market. It is a split one, and most national advice misses that completely.

Here is what the numbers look like for the city of Southlake over the three months ending June 2026, per Redfin:

Read those last four rows together, because they are the whole story. The median price is down almost 6%, and yet homes are selling faster than last year, more than a quarter are closing above list, and sellers are getting 98.4 cents on the asking dollar. Redfin scores Southlake a 76, "very competitive."

That combination only happens in a split market. Homes priced against this summer's actual closed comps are clearing in roughly three weeks with real competition. Homes priced against what the neighbor got in 2024 are sitting, and then buying a price reduction instead. Nearly three in ten Southlake listings ended up in that second group.

So the honest answer to "who is the best realtor in Southlake" is: the one least likely to tell you what you want to hear about your list price. Everything else is downstream of that.

There is a second piece, and it is the one most agents genuinely fumble. Most people moving inside or into Southlake are selling something first. Two transactions, two closing dates, one household, one set of calendar and job-start constraints. Running those as one coordinated plan instead of two hopeful guesses is a specific skill, and it is the thing I have built my business around. If that is your situation, start with how to sell your home and buy the next one at the same time in Southlake.

Seven questions that separate Southlake agents

Ask every agent you interview these. The answers will sort them quickly.

1. What are the last six closed sales in my specific neighborhood, and what did they tell you about my number? Texas is a non-disclosure state. Sale prices are not in the public record here, so consumer estimate sites and the county appraisal district are working from models and filings, not from what homes actually closed for. Only an agent with MLS access can pull the real closed figures. If an agent cannot walk you through six recent closes by address, they are guessing, and you will pay for the guess.

2. What would you list my home at, and what would you list it at if you were not trying to win my business? Ask it exactly that way. Watch what happens. The 28.2% price-drop rate above is largely built out of agents who answered the first half of that question and skipped the second. Our Southlake net proceeds walkthrough shows why a high list price and a high net are not the same thing.

3. How many Southlake transactions have you personally closed in the last twelve months? Not the brokerage. Not the team. Them.

4. If I am selling and buying at the same time, what is the plan? You want specifics: a leaseback under TREC's Temporary Residential Lease, which in Texas is written for a term of 90 days or less before a different set of landlord-tenant rules applies, or a sale contingency, or a bridge product, and the reasoning for which one fits your equity and timeline. "We will figure it out" is not a plan.

5. How will you handle an appraisal that comes in under contract price? At a $1.39 million median with 26.7% of homes closing above list, this is not hypothetical. In the TREC Third Party Financing Addendum, the buyer's right to terminate over an insufficient appraised value can be waived, in whole or in part. Whether and how you waive it is one of the highest-stakes decisions in a Southlake offer, and your agent should be able to explain the trade in plain English before you are under pressure. Same logic applies to winning a multiple offer situation in Southlake without overexposing yourself.

6. Who is my point of contact when something goes sideways at 6 p.m. on a Friday? Teams are fine. Teams where you never speak to the person you hired are not.

7. Can I see your license and your sponsoring broker? Every Texas agent has a license number and a sponsoring broker, and both are public. More on how to check in the FAQ below.

Our record, plainly stated

Here is ours, with the sourcing attached so you can weigh it honestly:

• More than $200 million in career sales volume
• 50-plus families served each year
• eXp Realty ICON agent status
• 5.0 average rating across 59 Google reviews
• Voted Best Real Estate Team in Denton County, 2023, and Brian voted the county's #2 listing agent the same year
• Full-time in North Texas real estate since 2014
• Texas license #0665878, sponsored by eXp Realty, LLC

One thing I want to be straight about, because it matters and most agents would quietly leave it out: those 2023 awards are Denton County awards. Southlake is in Tarrant County. We work Southlake, we have closed here, and our surrounding markets touch it on every side, but I am not going to dress a Denton County award up as a Southlake one. If an agent's credentials do not survive that kind of plain reading, that tells you something too. The full background is here if you want to check it.

What working with BlueFuse in Southlake looks like

We start with a conversation, not a listing appointment. Before anyone talks about price, we need to know what has to be true for the move to be worth it: the timeline, the equity, whether you are buying next, what you are protecting.

From there, sellers get a pricing analysis built on closed MLS comps in your specific pocket of Southlake rather than a citywide median, a written preparation plan that spends money only where it comes back, and a launch strategy built around those first 21 days, because in this market that window is where the price gets decided.

Buyers get the reverse of that: a read on which listings are actually priced right and which are three weeks from a reduction, a walkthrough of the option period under the TREC One to Four Family Residential Contract before you are choosing an option fee under time pressure, an honest look at what the carrying costs actually run once you add Southlake property taxes, and an offer structure that fits how competitive that specific house really is instead of how competitive the headline says the market is.

And if you are doing both at once, you get one plan and one calendar, with the contingency structure decided up front rather than negotiated in a panic.

Underneath all of it is a simple thing my wife Tisha and I built this business on: give, serve, love, and do the work as if we are doing it for God rather than for applause. Practically, that means we will tell you not to move if that is the right answer. We have done it. It costs us a commission and it is still the right call.

When we are not the right fit

Worth saying out loud. If you want an agent who will list at your number without pushback, we are the wrong call, and you can find someone who will. If your move is entirely outside Northwest DFW, we would rather refer you to someone who works that market every day than pretend otherwise. And if you need someone available around the clock as a matter of course, our family rhythms will frustrate you.

Knowing that before you sign is worth more than another paragraph about how great we are. If you are still deciding whether Southlake itself is the right landing spot, the Southlake area guide is the better starting point.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I check if a Southlake realtor is actually licensed?

Use the Texas Real Estate Commission's License Holder Lookup at trec.texas.gov. Search the agent's name or license number and you will see their license status, expiration, sponsoring broker, and any disciplinary history. Every Texas agent must also give you the Information About Brokerage Services form at first substantive contact, which names their broker and explains who represents whom. If you never received that form, ask for it.

Should I use the listing agent to buy a home in Southlake?

You can, but understand what changes. When one broker represents both sides in Texas, the broker acts as an intermediary, and an intermediary may not disclose to either party what the other is willing to accept on price or terms without written permission. That is a real reduction in the advocacy you get on the single most valuable piece of information in the deal. It also does not automatically save you money, since compensation is negotiable in every direction and is not set by law or by any association.

Do I have to sign an agreement before touring homes in Southlake?

Yes. Texas buyers now sign a written buyer representation agreement before an agent tours homes with them. That agreement spells out the term, the services, and how the agent is compensated. All of those terms are negotiable, including the length, and you can limit an initial agreement to a short period or to a specific set of properties while you decide whether the fit is right.

How much does it cost to work with a buyer's agent in Southlake?

It depends on what you negotiate, because commission is not set by law or by any association or MLS. Your buyer representation agreement states your agent's fee in writing. Separately, a seller may or may not offer to cover some or all of that amount, and where they do not, the difference is negotiable as part of your offer. Ask any agent to show you both numbers in writing before you sign anything.

Is Southlake a buyer's market or a seller's market in 2026?

Neither label fits cleanly, which is the point. Over the three months ending June 2026 the median sale price was down 5.8% year over year, which sounds like a buyer's market, while the median home went pending in 21 days, 26.7% sold above list, and Redfin scored the city 76 out of 100 for competitiveness, which sounds like the opposite. Both are true at once because correctly priced homes and optimistically priced homes are having completely different experiences. Figures change monthly, so confirm current numbers before you act on them.

Ready to talk it through?

If you are weighing a move in Southlake, or selling one home and buying the next, book a Move-Up Strategy Call and we will map the timeline, the numbers, and the risks together, with no pressure to list.

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Market figures cited are Redfin data for the city of Southlake covering the three months ending June 2026, retrieved August 21, 2026, and they change monthly. Nothing here is legal, tax, or financial advice. Contract questions belong with your attorney, tax questions with your CPA. All information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed and should be independently reviewed and verified. Broker compensation is negotiable and is not set by law or by any association or MLS.

About the author

Brian White is the founder of BlueFuse Group at eXp Realty, serving Southlake, Flower Mound, Argyle, Grapevine, Highland Village, Lantana, and Northlake. A full-time agent since 2014, he has closed more than $200 million in career sales volume, serves 50-plus families a year, and holds eXp Realty's ICON agent status. BlueFuse Group was voted Best Real Estate Team in Denton County in 2023, and Brian was voted the county's #2 listing agent the same year. He and his wife Tisha lead BlueFuse Group with a focus on relationships over transactions. Texas license #0665878.

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