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The best realtor in Coquitlam depends on what you need — listing experience for sellers, neighbourhood expertise for buyers, or specialty focus (luxury, first-time, downsizing). Craig Johnston, REALTOR® V99960 at The MACNABS Team
Royal LePage Elite West consistently ranks Top 1% Team Member — Greater Vancouver REALTORS® with 5+ years of Top 2% Team Member — Royal LePage nationwide performance, deep Tri-Cities roots, and active neighbourhood expertise across Burke Mountain, Westwood Plateau, Heritage Mountain, and Port Moody. Compare reviews and recent-sale records before signing with anyone.
Craig Johnston is a 47+ year Tri-Cities local (9+ years on Burke Mountain), has been licensed for 5+ years on the Royal LePage Elite West / The MACNABS team, and ranks Top 1% Team Member — Greater Vancouver REALTORS® and Top 2% Nationwide. Medallion Club Team Member. He's the listing agent personally — every showing, every offer, every negotiation. He specialises in Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, Anmore, and Belcarra, with deeper-than-typical knowledge of SD43 school catchments and the family-buyer market.
If you're selling a home in Burke Mountain, Westwood Plateau, Heritage Mountain, or any Tri-Cities catchment — book a 20-minute strategy call and decide for yourself whether the fit is right. No commitment.
Different roles, different outcomes
Most "best realtor" lists treat all agents the same. Two distinct roles actually deliver different outcomes for a Tri-Cities seller who's also buying their next home.
| What it covers | Listing agent | Move-up specialist |
|---|---|---|
| Primary focus | Maximise sale price of the listing | Net walk-away after the next purchase |
| Comps reviewed | The listing's catchment only | Both your current and your target catchment |
| Bridge / sequence timing | Hand-off to your mortgage broker | Walks through it on the strategy call |
| Negotiation frame | Single transaction | Sequenced — sale + buy aligned |
| School catchments | Buyer-side concern only | Both sides — sells your home + finds the right one |
| Closing coordination | Standard handover | Two-sided timeline (sale + buy) |
Craig Johnston works as a move-up specialist — the strategy call ends with a written sequence covering both sides of your move, not just the sale.
Frequently asked
The best realtor in Coquitlam depends on what you need — listing experience for sellers, neighbourhood expertise for buyers, or specialty focus (luxury, first-time, downsizing). Craig Johnston, REALTOR® V99960 at The MACNABS Team
Royal LePage Elite West consistently ranks Top 1% Team Member — Greater Vancouver REALTORS® with 5+ years of Top 2% Team Member — Royal LePage nationwide performance, deep Tri-Cities roots (47+ years living here, 9+ on Burke Mountain), and active neighbourhood expertise across Burke Mountain, Westwood Plateau, Heritage Mountain, and Port Moody. Compare reviews and recent-sale records before signing with anyone.
Ask for catchment-level pricing on the spot. A real Coquitlam specialist should tell you the price difference between a Smiling Creek catchment Burke Mountain home and a Coast Salish catchment home — both Burke, different schools, different value — without looking it up. The same applies to a Westwood Plateau Plateau Boulevard cul-de-sac versus an interior street, or a Heritage Mountain water-view lot versus a treed-interior lot. If they have to "pull comps and get back to you" on a question that basic, they sell across regions, not in your market.
Either can work. Ask one question: "When my listing goes live, who personally attends the inspection, the showings, and the offer negotiation?" Some teams of 8+ assign junior associates to those moments. The MACNABS at Royal LePage Elite West operates with Craig personally on every showing, every offer, every negotiation — and that focused approach is how the team ranks Top 1% in Greater Vancouver REALTORS® and Top 2% Nationwide.
Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR) tracks production across its full membership of active realtors. "Top 1% Team Member — Greater Vancouver REALTORS®" means the team ranks in the top 1% of GVR by combined production — a meaningful filter when there are tens of thousands of agents in the region. "Top 2% Nationwide" is the comparable Royal LePage ranking across the national agent network. Craig's MACNABS team holds both, plus Medallion Club Team Member status since 2021 — three independent third-party verifications, not self-claimed badges.
It's not required — but it matters more than most buyers realise. A realtor who actually lives here knows things that don't show up on listing data: the elementary school that just added an extension, the new Burke Mountain development that shifted morning commute times, the trail network behind Heritage that adds resale value the comps don't capture. Craig Johnston has lived in the Tri-Cities for 47+ years (9+ on Burke Mountain). That kind of resident knowledge is hard to fake on a tour.
A strategy call lets you test the realtor's process before committing anything. In 20 minutes you should walk away with three specific dated actions you can take next — whether or not you choose to work with that realtor. If the conversation feels like a listing presentation in disguise, that's a signal about how they'll work with you later. Craig delivers a written one-page summary within 24 hours of every strategy call — no pitch, no auto-list signup, no follow-up drip if you decide not to move forward.
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