Sydney’s top real estate young guns of 2025
Sydney and NSW’s biggest property deal-makers under 35 have been revealed, with some pocketing millions a year in their 20s.
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A few have barely ditched their P-plates, but they’re already driving six-figure cars, sealing multimillion-dollar deals and pocketing millions a year in commission.
Welcome to the era of the digital real estate agent – where youth, hustle, and a smartphone are helping younger agents thrive in a property game normally stacked in the favour of industry veterans.
A review of the sales figures of elite Sydney and regional NSW agents over the past year has revealed multiple agents under the age of 35 pulled in more than $100 million in real estate deals.
It’s often meant annual commissions well in excess of $1 million – and, in some cases, for operators who have been in the industry for only a few years.
These are unprecedented earnings for young agents and something most property salespeople who cut their teeth in the 1980s and 1990s would not normally accomplish until their 40s or 50s.
Industry insiders told The Sunday Telegraph the digital era had unlocked a pathway for young agents to make money a lot quicker: although only a few skilled operators were truly able to capitalise.
Cream of the crop among the past year’s young gun agents was McGrath Strathfield agent Tarun Sethi, who at age 29, pulled in just short of $500 million in real estate sales.
Agents typically charge about 1.8 per cent to 3.5 per cent of the sales price as commission – although commissions on properties with a value above $10 million can often be lower.
Ms Sethi had started his career only a few years ago as a receptionist at a real estate office.
TRG agent Oliver Lavers – a close associate of Gavin Rubinstein, the star of Prime Video show Luxe Listings – was another top performer under 35, selling close to $450 million in houses as a lead agent.
Dib Chidiac, the founder of inner west agency DibChidiac and Co, had a haul of $448 million in sales as a lead agent and nearly $482 million when including properties he was a co-agent on.
Mr Chidiac said his numbers were made possible by more than 200 phone conversations per day and excruciating hours six, or sometimes even seven, days a week.
Agents’ sales figures for the year were self-reported.
Real Estate Institute of Australia president Leanne Pilkington told the Sunday Telegraph earlier this year that it remained a challenging climate for most agents, who often struggled to get regular listings.
“The top young agents are not representative of most newcomers’ experiences,” she said. “It’s not easy. These guys would be working very hard.”
She explained that high-achieving young guns were often successful at using digital marketing tools, social media and AI-powered analytics.
This allowed the agents to get name recognition faster than mere word of mouth and older tools like cold calling and door knocking.
Some agents’ big earnings came despite higher interest rates over the past year generally discouraging homeowners from listing, resulting in a lower volume of sales across the market as a whole.
This looks likely to change in the coming months as interest rate cuts encourage more homeowners to bring forward plans to move house – and some of the past year’s performers could sell even more.
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Originally published as Sydney’s top real estate young guns of 2025
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