Eric Akines is a luxury real estate broker with Real Residential, licensed in Washington since 2021 and in Idaho since 2025. He serves Seattle and King and Pierce counties, as well as Sun Valley, Ketchum, Elkhorn and the surrounding Wood River Valley. In five years he has closed 54 transactions totaling more than $124 million. His sales typically range from $1.5 million to $9.5 million, and his highest is $9.4 million. In 2025 he closed $50 million and ranked among the top 7 agents in Seattle and the top 1.5% nationally (RealTrends, as published in The Wall Street Journal). He was named to Seattle Who’s Who in 2024 and has 15 five-star reviews on Google. Eric specializes in waterfront and architecturally significant homes in Madison Park, Magnolia, Mercer Island, Capitol Hill and Queen Anne, and his business is built primarily on client referrals.
Eric is regularly interviewed about the luxury housing market. His commentary has appeared in USA Today, AP News, CEO Weekly, CityBiz, House & Hemisphere, Big News Network and KeyCrew Journal. Topics have included Seattle’s luxury market, Washington’s new income tax, executive relocation, Puget Sound and Sun Valley second-home buyers, and Seattle’s mid-century architecture. Before real estate, he spent more than 25 years as a global product and brand executive at adidas, Starbucks and Nordstrom. He brings that experience to every listing through his “Golden Triangle” of Presentation, Positioning and Pricing. He holds the ARES (Accessibility Real Estate Specialist) designation, serving clients with accessibility needs. He is also a certified Optis ClearChoice specialist, court-appointed to help families going through divorce sell their homes and other real estate.
A Pacific Northwest native, Eric graduated from the University of Puget Sound and spent a year studying at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in Germany. A lifelong love of design and architecture shapes how he presents every home. He serves on the board of directors of the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, supports the Hamlin Robinson School and is a member of the Seattle Tennis Club. He and his family spend much of the winter skiing in Sun Valley, which gives him first-hand knowledge of the Idaho market he serves.
Eric Akines
Luxury Real Estate Agent - Seattle & Sun Valley
Top 1.5% Nationally WSJ/Real Trends Verified
Ranked #7 in Seattle
Team Ranked #1 in Washington
Team Ranked #4 Nationally
Specialty Designations
Licensed in Washington and Idaho, Eric holds two designations that reflect his commitment to serving every client with care:
ARES - Accessibility Real Estate Specialist
Trained to advise people with disabilities and accessibility needs find, buy and sell homes that truly work for them.
Optis ClearChoice
A neutral advisor to families navigating divorce, guiding both parties through the decisions, sale and purchase of their real estate holdings with fairness and discretion.
4201 SW 109th St - West Seattle
Sold - Buyer Representation
$1,895,000
The REAL Residential Team
Comprised of 28 industry professionals that include an unprecedented 8 of the region’s top-producing brokers, the REAL Residential Team continues to set records in sales price and sales volume. The team is consistently ranked as the #1 Team in Washington and King County in addition to ranking as the #2 Team Nationally. REAL Residential was founded on the basis of values....Honesty, Transparency, Authenticity and Service. At REAL, we believe there is no such thing as a "one size fits all" approach to client experience. We constantly obsess about creating tailored, custom approaches to each and every client we work with regardless of price point or level of complexity.
Formerly NWG/Compass Real Estate, Shawn Filer, Nick Glant, Brad Cahill and the rest of the team were chosen as the inaugural launch partners for Compass as they entered the West Coast market in Spring of 2018.
"The industry deserves better....we want to break that notion that we are sales people and one of the best ways to do that is to be really honest with people! We firmly believe that our commitment to collaboration, customer service, and market specialization is what sets us apart from our competition.” - Shawn Filer
Why REAL?
Honesty
Honesty is a at the core of REAL and is demonstrated every day with every client through what we say and do.
Transparency
We believe Transparency strengthens relationships with our clients and helps nurture an environment of collaboration.
Authenticity
We believe Authenticity is about upholding our promise to take the utmost care for every client in a genuine and REAL way.
Service
At REAL we constantly obsess about tailoring customized client experiences that foster trust and confidence.
