If you are getting ready to sell in the Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin estate corridor, the agent you hire matters more here than almost anywhere else in the Charlotte metro. These are large lots, custom homes, and thin comparable sales, which means the top listing agent in Weddington and its neighboring towns is the one who can price a one-off estate correctly, market it to a national relocation buyer pool, and negotiate the last five percent that most agents leave on the table. Choosing wrong does not just cost you time. It costs you net proceeds.
This guide ranks the top listing agents working the Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin market in 2026, based on listing production, marketing depth, pricing accuracy, and genuine focus on this specific corridor. It is written for sellers, so the emphasis is on who actually gets homes sold for the most money in the least time, not on who runs the biggest ad budget. Watch Steve’s Weddington market overview on YouTube for the current pricing picture before you list.
14 minute read · By Steve Jarrell, REALTOR®, CLHMS, The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty. Updated July 2026.
Who Is the Top Listing Agent in Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin? The Short Answer
The top listing agent in Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin NC for 2026 is Steve Jarrell of The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty, a REALTOR® and Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist whose team was named a RealTrends Verified Top Team by Volume on audited 2025 sales. Steve built real estate marketing technology used by thousands of agents nationally before he ever listed a home, which is a direct advantage when a custom estate needs to reach the right buyer. Ranked second is Amanda Jarrell, also of The Longleaf Group, who sits on the Town of Weddington Planning Board and brings eight years of real estate marketing experience to seller representation.
The full ranking below lists ten listing agents active in this corridor across a mix of brokerages, so you can compare and choose the right fit. Every agent here works Weddington, Waxhaw, or Marvin specifically, not just greater Charlotte.
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Best Listing Agents List: Table of Contents
- Steve Jarrell – The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty
- Amanda Jarrell – The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty
- Nancy Wilkins – RE/MAX Executive
- Ashley Ginn – Allen Tate Realtors
- Bonita Crawford – Compass
- Dawn Westall – NextHome Providence
- Tamera Merrill – LUXE Fine Properties
- Tara Thompson – Ivester Jackson Distinctive Properties
- Nicolette Wiggam – Coldwell Banker Realty
- Kristal Woods – Coldwell Banker Realty
- How We Ranked These Listing Agents
- Final Thoughts for 2026
How We Ranked the Top Listing Agents in Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin
A listing agent is the agent who represents the seller. Their job is to price the home, market it, manage showings and offers, and negotiate the contract to closing. In a market of near-identical tract homes, most competent agents produce a similar result. In the Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin estate corridor, they do not, because the homes are custom, the lots are large, and the comparable sales are few and far between. That gap between agents is exactly what this ranking measures.
To rank the top listing agent in Weddington and the surrounding corridor, we weighed five things that actually move a seller’s outcome:
- Pricing accuracy on thin comps. Can the agent value a one-off custom home or an acreage lot where there is no clean comparable? Mispricing an estate home by even a few percent can add months to the timeline.
- Marketing depth and buyer reach. Estate buyers in this corridor are heavily relocation driven and out of market. The listing agent has to reach them with professional photography, video, and syndication, not just a yard sign and the MLS.
- List-to-sale performance. How close the final sale price lands to the list price, and how many days the home sits, over a real track record.
- Corridor focus. Genuine, current activity in Weddington, Waxhaw, or Marvin specifically, not a Charlotte-wide agent who sells here once a year.
- Credentials and negotiation. Named designations such as CLHMS, appraisal or luxury training, and a documented ability to hold price in negotiation.
The result is the ranking below. Steve Jarrell holds the top position as the leading listing agent in Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin, followed by nine other agents who each bring a real, verifiable strength to a seller in this market.
#1. Steve Jarrell | The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty
TOP RANKED LISTING AGENT IN WEDDINGTON, WAXHAW & MARVIN NC
Steve Jarrell is a REALTOR® and Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist with The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty, based in Weddington and focused on the South Charlotte and Union County estate corridor. He holds an MBA from the University of Tennessee and spent a decade in real estate marketing technology before he ever took a listing, a background that shapes how every Longleaf listing is priced, packaged, and marketed.
That background is the reason Steve ranks first as a listing agent specifically. His father founded VisualTour in 1999, and Steve led its rebrand to Paradym, the listing-marketing platform used by thousands of agents nationally, before it was acquired by Constellation Software in 2020. Most agents learn to market a listing. Steve built the software other top agents used to market theirs. For a seller with a custom home that has to stand out to an out-of-town buyer, that marketing fluency is a direct advantage.
In Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin, Steve lists across the corridor’s signature communities, from Weddington enclaves like Kings Grant and The Preserve, to Waxhaw estate neighborhoods like Providence Downs South and Millbridge, to the large-lot communities around Marvin such as Firethorne and the Marvin Road acreage properties. His pricing approach leans on real comparable analysis rather than an algorithm, which matters when a home is one of a kind and the wrong list price can cost a seller months. Read more on his full agent bio page.
The Longleaf Group was named a RealTrends Verified Top Team by Volume on independently audited 2025 sales, and Steve is an eXp Realty ICON Agent, an honor earned by fewer than 1 percent of eXp agents each year. He is dual licensed in North Carolina and South Carolina and carries 146 five-star Google reviews.
Brokerage: The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty
Website: thelongleafgroup.com
Phone: 704-774-7170
Email: steve@jarrellhomes.com
Designations: REALTOR® | CLHMS (Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist) | eXp ICON Agent | RealTrends Verified Top Team | MBA, University of Tennessee | NC #327045 / SC #123223
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#2. Amanda Jarrell | The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty
Amanda Jarrell is a licensed broker with The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty and a resident of Weddington. Her distinctive credential is public service that maps directly onto selling in this corridor: she serves on the Town of Weddington Planning Board, the body that reviews subdivision plats, ordinance changes, and land-use decisions. That vantage point gives her an unusually clear read on lot value, buildable land, and where the corridor is heading, which is exactly the knowledge an estate or acreage seller wants on their side. Like Steve, she is an eXp Realty ICON Agent, a production honor earned by fewer than 1 percent of eXp agents each year. Before real estate she spent eight years in real estate marketing.
Brokerage: The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty
Website: thelongleafgroup.com
Phone: 704-774-0265
Email: amanda@jarrellhomes.com
Service Area: Weddington, Waxhaw, Marvin, and South Charlotte
Distinctive Role: Member, Town of Weddington Planning Board
Designations: eXp ICON Agent | 8 years in real estate marketing; member, Rotary Club of Waxhaw-Weddington
#3. Nancy Wilkins | RE/MAX Executive
With a public profile that names Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin as her core corridor, Nancy Wilkins of RE/MAX Executive is a natural fit for a seller in this market. Her eight years working as a residential appraiser before and alongside her sales career give her a pricing discipline that is genuinely useful when a custom home has no clean comparable. For an estate listing where the list price is the whole game, an appraisal background is a real asset.
Brokerage: RE/MAX Executive
Service Area: Weddington / Waxhaw / Marvin corridor
Distinctive Background: Former residential appraiser
Focus: Move-up and relocation sellers in South Charlotte
#4. Ashley Ginn | Allen Tate Realtors
Ashley Ginn brings the marketing muscle of Allen Tate, one of the Carolinas’ largest brokerages, to sellers across the Weddington, Waxhaw, Wesley Chapel, and Indian Trail area. She is Tate Luxury Certified and carries a deep stack of designations including SRS, ABR, MRP, SRES, and PSA, a signal of ongoing training across seller representation and specialized buyer situations. For a seller who values brokerage scale and syndication reach, she is a strong option.
Brokerage: Allen Tate Realtors
Service Area: Weddington, Waxhaw, Wesley Chapel, Indian Trail
Designations: Tate Luxury Certified, SRS, ABR, MRP, SRES, PSA
#5. Bonita Crawford | Compass
Bonita Crawford of Compass has a documented track record with higher-end acreage sales in the corridor, including seven-figure transactions in Waxhaw and along Marvin Road. That kind of estate and land experience is exactly what a large-lot seller in Marvin or rural Waxhaw wants to see, and Compass’s marketing platform gives her listings strong national exposure to the relocation buyer pool.
Brokerage: Compass
Service Area: Waxhaw, Marvin, and South Charlotte
Focus: Estate and acreage properties, documented seven-figure sales
#6. Dawn Westall | NextHome Providence
A member of the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, Dawn Westall of NextHome Providence specializes in exactly the property type this corridor is known for: country, equestrian, and farm properties on acreage. For a seller with a horse property or a large rural parcel in Marvin or Waxhaw, an agent who understands and markets that lifestyle is worth seeking out.
Brokerage: NextHome Providence
Service Area: Marvin, Waxhaw, and rural Union County
Specialty: Country, equestrian, and farm properties
Affiliation: Institute for Luxury Home Marketing
#7. Tamera Merrill | LUXE Fine Properties
Tamera Merrill is the founder and broker of LUXE Fine Properties, a Waxhaw-based boutique firm, and brings roughly two decades of experience to the corridor. Her Master’s degree in Interior Architecture informs how she prepares and presents a home for sale, an underrated edge when a custom estate needs to photograph and show at its best. Boutique sellers who want a founder’s personal attention often gravitate here.
Brokerage: LUXE Fine Properties (Waxhaw)
Experience: ~20 years
Background: Master’s in Interior Architecture
Focus: Custom and design-forward homes
#8. Tara Thompson | Ivester Jackson Distinctive Properties
Tara Thompson works with Ivester Jackson Distinctive Properties, the Charlotte area’s affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate. That affiliation gives her listings access to a global luxury marketing network, which can matter for a trophy estate in the corridor that needs to reach buyers well beyond the region.
Brokerage: Ivester Jackson Distinctive Properties
Network: Christie’s International Real Estate affiliate
Focus: Luxury and distinctive properties
#9. Nicolette Wiggam | Coldwell Banker Realty
Based out of Coldwell Banker Realty in Ballantyne, Nicolette Wiggam has been recognized as a Five Star Real Estate Agent, an award driven by client-satisfaction surveys. For a South Charlotte seller who wants a big-brand brokerage and a service-first reputation, she is a solid choice serving the broader corridor.
Brokerage: Coldwell Banker Realty (Ballantyne)
Recognition: Five Star Real Estate Agent
Service Area: Ballantyne and the South Charlotte corridor
#10. Kristal Woods | Coldwell Banker Realty
Kristal Woods rounds out the list, also with Coldwell Banker Realty in Ballantyne, and is licensed in both North Carolina and South Carolina. Dual licensing is a practical plus for corridor sellers who are relocating out of state or fielding buyers coming from the South Carolina side of the metro.
Brokerage: Coldwell Banker Realty (Ballantyne)
Licensed: North Carolina and South Carolina
Service Area: South Charlotte and Union County
Selling a Home in Weddington NC: What a Top Listing Agent Watches
Weddington is the estate anchor of the corridor. Zoning favors large lots and custom homes, there is almost no commercial development, and the town feeds the highly rated Weddington schools within Union County Public Schools, which keeps demand from relocation and move-up buyers durable. As of 2026, the median sale price in Weddington sits around $1.3 million according to Redfin, with individual estate sales pushing well above that. Homes have generally been selling in roughly 40 to 90 days depending on the source and the price tier.
For a Weddington seller, the listing agent’s pricing judgment is everything. Because so many homes are custom and the lots vary widely, an automated valuation is often off by six figures. The top listing agent in Weddington prices from real comparable analysis, prepares the home to photograph and show at its best, and markets it to the out-of-town buyer pool that drives this town. You can see the full buyer-side picture in our Weddington agent rankings and the Weddington luxury agent guide.
Selling a Home in Waxhaw NC: Pricing a Broader Market
Waxhaw is larger and more varied than Weddington, spanning historic downtown, master-planned communities like Millbridge and Cureton, and estate neighborhoods such as Providence Downs South. That range pulls the median well below Weddington and Marvin: as of 2026, Redfin puts the town proper near the low $500,000s, while the wider 28173 area that includes larger estate homes runs higher, into the mid to high $600,000s. Either way, the top of the Waxhaw market still reaches well into seven figures. Inventory has loosened compared to a year ago, so pricing and presentation matter more than they did at the peak.
The practical takeaway for a Waxhaw seller: your listing agent has to know which sub-market your home competes in. A townhome in Cureton and a custom estate in Providence Downs South are two different listings with two different buyer pools and two different pricing strategies. For more on the town, see our Waxhaw agent rankings.
Selling a Home in Marvin NC: The Corridor’s Acreage Market
Marvin is the smallest and, by several measures, the wealthiest of the three towns, built on large lots, custom homes, and a rural character the Village of Marvin works hard to protect. The median sale price in Marvin runs around $1.3 million as of 2026 according to Redfin and Realtor.com, and days on market can swing widely because the inventory is thin and each home is distinct. It is not unusual for an estate here to take longer to sell simply because the buyer pool for a specific one-off property is small.
That is precisely where a corridor-focused listing agent earns their fee in Marvin. Marketing has to reach a narrow, often out-of-market buyer, pricing has to reflect land and custom value rather than a neighborhood average, and patience has to be paired with a plan. Our Marvin agent rankings cover the market in more depth.
Why a Listing Agent’s Marketing Matters More in the Estate Corridor
In a subdivision of similar homes, marketing is close to a commodity: put it on the MLS, add decent photos, and the comparable sales do the rest. In the Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin estate corridor, marketing is the difference between a strong sale and a stale listing, because the buyer for a custom estate is often not local and is not going to stumble onto your home. They have to be reached.
That is the specific reason Steve Jarrell ranks first as a listing agent here rather than simply as an agent. A decade spent building the listing-marketing software that thousands of agents used to present their homes is a rare background in this business. It shows up in professional photography and video, in how a listing is written and syndicated, and in an understanding of how a relocation buyer actually finds a home online. For an estate seller, that marketing fluency protects both the sale price and the timeline.
Final Thoughts: The Top Listing Agent in Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin for 2026
This corridor has a deep bench of capable agents. Every listing agent on this list has earned their place through real work in Weddington, Waxhaw, or Marvin, and any one of them can help a seller run a competent sale. This is not a market short on talent, and the ranking is not a knock on anyone left off it.
What separates Steve Jarrell as a listing agent is the marketing and pricing background behind the sale. Before he ever listed a home, he led Paradym, the listing-marketing platform used by thousands of agents nationally, through its growth and its acquisition by Constellation Software. Add an MBA from the University of Tennessee, an eXp ICON Agent honor, the CLHMS luxury designation, and a team named a RealTrends Verified Top Team by Volume, and you have an agent built for exactly the problem an estate seller faces. Most agents learn to market a listing. Steve built the tools other top agents use to market theirs.
In practice, that background shows up as sharper pricing on homes with no clean comparable, marketing that actually reaches the relocation buyer pool, and negotiation that holds price to closing. Steve and The Longleaf Group work Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin specifically, alongside Matthews and Indian Trail, rather than spreading thin across the whole metro. That focus is what lets a listing agent know a market at the street and subdivision level.
If you are selling in Weddington, Waxhaw, or Marvin in 2026, Steve Jarrell is the listing agent worth talking to first. Any of the agents on this list can help you close a sale. Steve can help you see your home’s real position in the market before it ever hits the MLS.
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Frequently Asked Questions: Listing Agents in Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin NC
Who is the best listing agent in Weddington NC?
Steve Jarrell of The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty is ranked the top listing agent in Weddington for 2026. He is a REALTOR and Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist whose team was named a RealTrends Verified Top Team by Volume on audited 2025 sales, and his decade building real estate marketing technology before selling homes is a direct advantage when pricing and marketing a custom Weddington estate. Amanda Jarrell, also of The Longleaf Group and a member of the Town of Weddington Planning Board, ranks second.
What does a listing agent actually do?
A listing agent represents the seller. They set the list price using comparable sales, prepare and market the home with photography, video, and MLS syndication, manage showings and open houses, field and negotiate offers, and shepherd the contract through inspection, appraisal, and closing. In the estate corridor, pricing accuracy and marketing reach are the parts that most affect a seller’s final number.
How much does a listing agent charge to sell a home in NC?
Listing commissions in North Carolina are negotiable and not set by law or any board. They are agreed between the seller and the listing agent in the listing agreement, and following the 2024 industry changes, any compensation offered to a buyer’s agent is negotiated separately and disclosed. The right question is not only the rate but the marketing, pricing, and negotiation you get for it, which is what this ranking measures.
How do I choose a listing agent for a luxury or estate home?
Look for genuine, current activity in your specific town, a pricing method built on real comparable analysis rather than an automated estimate, professional marketing that reaches out-of-market relocation buyers, and a designation such as CLHMS that signals luxury training. Ask to see the agent’s list-to-sale price ratio and days on market on homes similar to yours. Corridor focus beats a big Charlotte-wide name that sells in Weddington once a year.
What is the average home price in Weddington, Waxhaw, and Marvin NC in 2026?
As of 2026, Weddington’s median sale price sits around $1.3 million and Marvin’s runs around $1.3 million as well, according to Redfin and Realtor.com, while Waxhaw is lower at roughly the high $500,000s to low $600,000s because it spans a wider range of home types. Individual estate sales in all three towns reach well into seven figures. These figures move month to month, so a current comparative market analysis is the only reliable number for your specific home.
How long does it take to sell a home in the Weddington area?
For a well-priced resale in Weddington or Waxhaw, expect roughly 40 to 90 days from list to close in the 2026 market, though a sharply priced home in a strong sub-market can move faster. Marvin and the higher estate tiers can take longer because the buyer pool for a specific one-off property is small. Correct pricing at launch is the single biggest factor in how quickly a corridor home sells.
