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Monica Lussier

Compass · Santa Cruz, California

5.0
14 reviews
License CA #01859626Los Gatos, CA · 95032(408) 472-2414monica.lussier@compass.comblog.monicalussier.com
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191

Total sales

$127.4M

Documented volume

8

Sales last 12 mo

$1.3M

Avg price

About Monica Lussier

Monica Lussier is a licensed real estate professional with a primary market focus in Santa Cruz County. With more than 21 years of experience, Monica is known for guiding both buyers and sellers through complex real estate decisions with clarity, integrity, and steady leadership. Over the course of her career, Monica has represented more than $225 million in closed sales volume, including over $22 million in the past 12 months. Her business is centered on listing and selling homes, with a strong emphasis on coastal properties, second homes, and lifestyle-driven transitions. She also brings deep experience supporting buyers, senior transitions, and clients navigating move-up or move-down decisions. Monica’s professional background spans real estate, technology, and business ownership, shaping a thoughtful, strategic approach that balances market knowledge with strong communication and preparation. Sellers value her ability to position homes effectively and manage the process with transparency, while buyers appreciate her calm guidance and attention to detail. Although her office is based at 750 University Avenue, Suite 150, Los Gatos, Monica’s day-to-day work is firmly rooted in Santa Cruz County, while maintaining expertise across nearby Silicon Valley markets. Her reach reflects a broad understanding of how lifestyle, location, and long term goals intersect. At her core, Monica believes real estate is about people and relationships, not pressure. Outside of work, she enjoys time with her kids, travel, pickleball, and staying connected to her community, values that inform the way she shows up for her clients every day.

Specialties

Buyer's AgentListing AgentRelocationFirst Time HomebuyersInvestment PropertiesLuxury HomesLot/Land

Service Areas

Santa Cruz, CACampbell, CALos Gatos, CAAptos, CACapitola, CARio del Mar, Aptos, CASan Jose, CASaratoga, CASoquel, CAScotts Valley, CA

Reviews

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5.0

Based on 14 reviews

lorinjanovichZillowNot yet verified
June 2021

Monica couldn’t have made the process of selling our house any easier! We are 100% satisfied! She covered the cost to stage the house amd it was done with excellent taste. She even covered the cost to replace hardware on the interior doors to update the look. Advice to paint the interior wall white made all the difference. Wish it had looked like that when we lived in it.

jamesryanfZillowNot yet verified
March 2021

Monica recently helped us fulfill our dream and move to the San Lorenzo Valley and live among the redwoods. She was very patient with us, as we figured out exactly what we wanted in a house. She took time to get to know the little details of what we wanted and did an amazing job helping us find many options. Every time we visited a property she had a great balance of giving us space to explore and feel the vibes, while providing helpful facts and research on the specific property. When asked, she was always willing to offer her honest opinion about the specific property and how she thought it fit us or didn't. She would even help us avoid wasting our time and money on various properties, with her extensive research, local knowledge, and feel for real estate. Something I VERY much appreciated about Monica is her calming disposition. We were moving in from out of state and so everything was new to us. Monica was always the steady hand at the wheel when surprises would arise - she was not surprised and in control. She is different from any agent you will meet around here - in a very good way! During the negotiation and execution of the deal she brought her calming demeanor and extensive knowledge. She was attentive and ever our advocate in every way. She was a tough negotiator and knew how to get the most out of the deal. Monica knew what the blindspots were in our perspective and with the property and always had our back. What a relief during a stressful time. I'm in sales, to the last agent I wanted to work with was a generic sales person. Monica is the opposite of generic. She strikes the perfect balance of calm, in control, engaged, focused, and a tough negotiator with high standards for her clients. It took us a very long time to find the right property because of how picky we were, but Monica was patient with us and never gave up. I strongly recommend Monica to be your agent. Selecting her to be your partner in your search will be a decision you will definitely NOT regret! She is EXCELLENT!

heidileanneZillowNot yet verified
January 2021

Monica helped us through one of the biggest transitions of our lifetime! We moved from TX to CA, and we were looking for a really special place to call home in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Monica happily showed us MANY homes over several months, and we found her personality and way of communicating to be just perfect for us. She allowed us to spend a generous amount of time in each home without feeling the need to constantly make conversation. This was SO nice! Since we were looking for a home surrounded by nature, we really wanted to experience the stillness of homes’ surroundings, and Monica always patiently allowed us to take in the setting and feel of the home. Throughout our home search, negotiations, and purchase, we found Monica to be incredibly seasoned and knowledgeable. She patiently explained details throughout the process and was quick to respond via all forms of communication. Excellent communication!! We have bought and sold two homes prior to working with Monica and let me tell you - a realtor with poor communication skills can become the most stressful part of your move. I’m SO grateful that Monica helped us navigate our home purchase in the least stressful manner possible due to her personality, depth of knowledge, and years of experience. My husband and I would absolutely work with Monica again and we will wholeheartedly refer friends to her whenever the opportunity arises.

sljepavaZillowNot yet verified
August 2018

Monica is very professional, organized, and low pressure. We were highly satisfied with her knowledge, expertise and attention to details. We trusted her every step of the way. She maintained communication between all parties involved and met time sensitive deadlines! Her work ethic is outstanding and she was able to find our dream home and sell our home for top dollar within 2 weeks! We highly recommend Monica and her team!

Janet SmithZillowNot yet verified
April 2018

Monica, was an absolute dream to work with. She is on top of every single detail with selling your home. She easy to work with and it made a pleasurable experience working with her. I highly recommend her to anyone needing a agent.

ehsan plutoZillowNot yet verified
October 2017

She did a great job finding a desirable house in Santa Cruz mountains. She asked around using her connections and found an of the market house which made our negotiation with seller much easier.

JanelimaZillowNot yet verified
August 2017

Monica is a very knowledgeable and a fantastic negotiator. She helped us find solutions to all the road blocks along the way. Her experience was so important because we were not familiar with the mountain life style, she was very accurate and honest in answering all our questions. Monica helped us realize our dream! Thank you!

user67906342ZillowNot yet verified
April 2017

Monica listened when we gave her an unusual set of characteristics we were seeking in a house, and then went out and found it for us. We had talked to several realtors previously, and it wasn't until we encountered Monica that we felt we had someone who would really work with what we wanted.

Dmitry KZillowNot yet verified
April 2017

Monica was great to work with. She is very attentive to detail, and extremely helpful in making decisions throughout the whole process, starting with neighborhood recommendations and all the way through to the point of having keys in hand.

jimsul1955ZillowNot yet verified
April 2017

Monica was instrumental in helping us purchase our vacation home in Maui. Since it was long distance, she found a local realtor and then walked us through each step of the process. Even though she received little compensation, she gave us full service and made the process so much easier than it would have been otherwise. I would recommend her to anyone looking to sell or purchase real estate.

Shannon LilleyZillowNot yet verified
April 2017

Monica Lussier was a breath of fresh air when it came to buying a house. She listened to your needs and tried to match the best home with what we wanted while staying in our budget. She knew the areas better than we could have hoped. We highly recommend her as an agent.

Chris GunstZillowNot yet verified
April 2017

We met Monica at an open house and really helped us make the decision to sell our first home. She knew it was a good time! We have worked with her on three transactions in the years since and wouldn't want to work with anyone else. Her confident and calm ability to navigate the buying/selling process has instilled trust and an easy working relationship. She has never pushed and has always been patient while helping make the right decisions for US. Our most recent purchase would not have happened without her ability to read the buyer and share pertinent information that ended up getting us the house where we were one of four bids and not the highest!!!

javart21ZillowNot yet verified
April 2017

Monica is the best! She always works hard and has the clients best interest at heart! When selling our house she was always in contact with us, helping us understand, keeping us informed. Her knowledge and intelligence goes above and beyond most realtors. Her professionalism is outstanding as you can trust her fully to know how to close a deal where it pleases her clients first!

ehstrawnZillowNot yet verified
April 2017

Monica was great, she held our hand every step of the way. She was very clear and willing to give an opinion when needed. Always should great knowledge about the market or brought in someone if she didn't know. Would definitely have Monica help us again with the sale or buying of a house in the future.

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Recent Sales

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18101 Idylwild Rd

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2026-08-28Seller

516 Grace Way

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2026-06-17Seller

105 Sea Terrace Way

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2026-01-09Seller

2908 Sandy Ln

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2025-12-15Seller

630 Baltusrol Dr

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2025-11-20Seller

415 Gold Ave

Felton, CA · 2 bd / 2 ba · $769,000

2025-10-01Buyer

133 Goss Ave

Santa Cruz, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,525,000

2025-09-30Seller

224 Laurel St APT B202

Santa Cruz, CA · 1 bd / 1 ba · $520,000

2025-09-25Seller

111 Esmeralda Dr

Santa Cruz, CA · 4 bd / 3 ba · $2,160,000

2025-08-26Seller

111 Bean Creek Rd Unit 154

Scotts Valley, CA · 2 bd / 3 ba · $689,000

2025-08-11Seller

87 Hagemann Ct

Santa Cruz, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $1,877,500

2025-08-06Seller

102 Spanish Bay Dr

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2025-07-28Buyer

2395 Delaware Ave Space 135

Santa Cruz, CA · 2 bd / 2 ba · $232,000

2025-06-30Buyer

205 Forbes St

Santa Cruz, CA · 5 bd / 2 ba · $1,700,000

2025-05-23Buyer

415 Townsend Dr

Aptos, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,180,000

2025-04-01Buyer

213 Poplar St

Aptos, CA · 2 bd / 1 ba · $1,267,000

2025-03-27Seller

2395 Delaware Ave Space 19

Santa Cruz, CA · 2 bd / 2 ba · $305,000

2024-10-23Buyer

325 Plateau Ave

Santa Cruz, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,780,000

2024-07-29Seller

205 Quail Ridge Rd

Scotts Valley, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $1,675,000

2024-06-20Seller

326 Cayuga St

Santa Cruz, CA · 4 bd / 3 ba · $1,473,000

2024-05-28Buyer

215 Quail Ridge Rd

Scotts Valley, CA · 4 bd / 3 ba · $1,757,000

2024-05-24Seller

395 Racquet Lndg

Aptos, CA · 2 bd / 3 ba · $1,015,000

2024-05-21Seller

1558 Monteval Ln

San Jose, CA · 5 bd / 3 ba · $2,450,000

2024-03-25Seller

1361 El Solyo Heights Dr

Felton, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,150,000

2023-10-06Buyer

117 Village Ln

Scotts Valley, CA · 5 bd / 5 ba · $1,980,000

2023-01-12Buyer

2620 Fordham St

East Palo Alto, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,070,000

2022-03-24Seller

214 Quarry Ln

Santa Cruz, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $1,250,000

2022-03-17Buyer

275 Farmer St

Felton, CA · 2 bd / 1 ba · $900,000

2022-02-02Buyer

500 Jarvis Rd

Santa Cruz, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,425,000

2022-01-13Seller

25971 Mar Vista Ct

Los Gatos, CA · 6 bd / 5 ba · $3,200,000

2022-01-10Buyer

20411 Harvey Way

Los Gatos, CA / 0 ba · $849,000

2021-12-15Seller

12326 Footpath Trl

Los Gatos, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $1,525,000

2021-11-29Seller

59 Cathy Ln

Scotts Valley, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $1,430,000

2021-10-13Buyer

This property is temporarily unavailable

· $1,555,000

2021-10-08Seller

12315 Footpath Trl

Los Gatos, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,410,000

2021-09-24Seller

220 Castillion Ter

Santa Cruz, CA · 2 bd / 2 ba · $685,000

2021-09-10Buyer

3716 Purling Brk

Soquel, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,415,000

2021-09-03Seller

160 Brier Dr

Boulder Creek, CA · 2 bd / 1 ba · $630,000

2021-08-20Seller

110 Fern Dr

Boulder Creek, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $1,250,000

2021-07-06Seller

13755 Skyline Blvd

Los Gatos, CA · 6 bd / 5 ba · $3,350,000

2021-06-25Seller

19900 Oakmont Dr

Los Gatos, CA · 2 bd / 2 ba · $1,350,000

2021-06-02Seller

7325 Viewpoint Rd

Aptos, CA · 4 bd / 3 ba · $3,250,000

2021-04-23Seller

326 Seascape Resort Dr

Aptos, CA · 0 bd / 1 ba · $465,000

2021-03-19Buyer

209 Park Dr

Aptos, CA · 2 bd / 2 ba · $1,025,000

2021-03-18Buyer

1023 Forest Ave

Palo Alto, CA · 4 bd / 4 ba · $4,689,000

2021-03-09Buyer

102 Angora Ln

Aptos, CA · 4 bd / 4 ba · $1,367,000

2020-12-30Seller

444 La Cuesta Dr

Scotts Valley, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $1,268,000

2020-12-21Buyer

12680 Highway 9

Boulder Creek, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $725,000

2020-12-04Seller

This property is temporarily unavailable

· $725,000

2020-12-04Seller

806 Quigg Way

Boulder Creek, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $756,000

2020-12-01Buyer

21399 Lee Dr

Los Gatos, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $1,415,000

2020-11-12Seller

318 Maple St

Santa Cruz, CA · 3 bd / 1 ba · $800,000

2020-11-02Buyer

906 Lockewood Ln

Scotts Valley, CA · 2 bd / 2 ba · $796,000

2020-10-30Seller

18518 Favre Ridge Rd

Los Gatos, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $2,488,000

2020-09-11Seller

22430 Summit Rd

Los Gatos, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,347,000

2020-08-14Seller

5770 Winfield Blvd

San Jose, CA · $368,000

2020-07-01Buyer

2500 Glen Canyon Rd

Santa Cruz, CA · 4 bd / 3 ba · $1,369,000

2020-06-30Seller

6 Morgan Ct

Scotts Valley, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $744,000

2020-06-30Seller

This property is temporarily unavailable

· $368,000

2020-06-30Buyer

470 Tabor Dr

Scotts Valley, CA · 4 bd / 3 ba · $1,070,000

2020-03-13Buyer

23570 Mountain Charlie Rd

Los Gatos, CA · 4 bd / 5 ba · $1,600,000

2020-01-13Buyer

198 Calabria St

Aptos, CA · 4 bd / 3 ba · $1,244,000

2020-01-03Buyer

This property is temporarily unavailable

· $865,000

2019-12-23Buyer

3716 Purling Outside Area Inside

Soquel, CA · $1,167,000

2019-12-09Buyer

904 Sakura Dr

San Jose, CA · 2 bd / 3 ba · $825,000

2019-12-02Seller

13525 Indian Trail Rd

Los Gatos, CA · 4 bd / 4 ba · $1,960,000

2019-11-19Seller

144 Eagle Crest Dr

Scotts Valley, CA · 4 bd / 4 ba · $1,020,000

2019-10-11Buyer

14717 Upper E Zayante Rd

Los Gatos, CA · 4 bd / 4 ba · $1,510,000

2019-07-26Buyer

1709 Silacci Dr

Campbell, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,450,000

2019-07-12Seller

22634 Hutchinson Rd

Los Gatos, CA · 4 bd / 3 ba · $1,210,000

2019-05-31Buyer

22330 Homestead Rd APT 222

Cupertino, CA · 2 bd / 2 ba · $1,045,000

2019-05-08Seller

725 Mariposa Ave APT 102

Mountain View, CA · 2 bd / 2 ba · $1,010,000

2019-04-22Seller

14904 Bronson Ave

San Jose, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $1,885,000

2019-04-16Seller

204 16th Ave

Santa Cruz, CA · 2 bd / 2 ba · $1,795,000

2018-11-13Buyer

17929 Ida Dr

Los Gatos, CA · $890,000

2018-11-10Seller

5088 Nerissa Way

San Jose, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $1,310,000

2018-10-15Seller

114 Grace Way

Scotts Valley, CA · 2 bd / 1 ba · $1,230,000

2018-10-10Buyer

24569 Hutchinson Rd

Los Gatos, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,350,000

2018-07-31Both

1803 Lencar Way

San Jose, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,335,000

2018-07-11Seller

1390 Lansing Ave

San Jose, CA · 4 bd / 2 ba · $1,130,000

2018-04-16Seller

1008 Laurie Ave

San Jose, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $1,975,000

2018-03-27Buyer

20117 Beatty Ridge Rd

Los Gatos, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,030,000

2017-10-05Buyer

6459 Camino Verde Dr

San Jose, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $970,000

2017-07-14Seller

175 Fern Rock Way

Boulder Creek, CA · 3 bd / 0 ba · $750,000

2017-06-15Buyer

6586 San Ignacio Ave

San Jose, CA · 4 bd / 3 ba · $1,050,000

2017-04-06Buyer

725 Cadillac Dr

Scotts Valley, CA · 3 bd / 3 ba · $842,000

2017-04-05Seller

2395 W Hedding St

San Jose, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $775,000

2017-01-06Seller

769 30th Ave

Santa Cruz, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $740,000

2016-11-01Buyer

806 W Rincon Ave

Campbell, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $910,000

2016-10-03Seller

204 Sandraya Heights Rd

Scotts Valley, CA · 4 bd / 4 ba · $1,650,000

2016-06-14Buyer

683 Sugar Pine Rd

Scotts Valley, CA · 3 bd / 4 ba · $1,690,000

2016-05-27Buyer

144 Caseta Way

Scotts Valley, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $937,000

2016-05-23Seller

25269 Terrace Grove

Los gatos, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $1,120,000

2016-05-18Buyer

23579 Skyview Ter

Los Gatos, CA · 4 bd / 3 ba · $1,155,000

2016-05-03Seller

298 S 23rd St

San Jose, CA · 3 bd / 1 ba · $640,000

2016-04-20Buyer

154 Olympia Station Rd

Felton, CA · 3 bd / 2 ba · $650,000

2016-03-24Seller

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