Cicily Sterling is a Luxury Real Estate Advisor specializing in architecturally significant homes, luxury estates, coastal properties, golf course residences, premier homesites, custom homes, and new development opportunities throughout Pebble Beach, Carmel, Carmel Highlands, Big Sur, the Monterey Peninsula, Montecito, Santa Barbara, and California's Central Coast. With more than two decades of experience representing buyers, sellers, investors, developers, and private family offices, she is known for combining strategic real estate expertise with an exceptional understanding of architecture, design, residential development, and the distinctive lifestyles that define California's most desirable coastal communities.

As Founding Managing Director of The Agency Carmel, Cicily works closely with CEO Mauricio Umansky and The Agency's global network of more than 180 offices across 17 countries, providing clients with exceptional regional, national, and international exposure. Every listing is supported by an award-winning team specializing in creative strategy, luxury marketing, public relations, editorial photography, cinematic videography, digital advertising, and AI-driven marketing. The result is a highly customized campaign that reflects each property's architecture, character, lifestyle, and ideal audience.

A defining advantage of Cicily's practice is her close collaboration with her husband, Braden Sterling, founder of S|H Architecture, one of California's premier residential architecture firms. More than two decades working alongside architects, builders, developers, engineers, and design professionals have given her an uncommon understanding of custom homes, residential development, construction quality, renovation, land planning, and architectural value. She understands not only how exceptional homes are bought and sold, but also how they are envisioned, designed, built, and positioned in the marketplace. This broader perspective enables clients to evaluate opportunities with greater confidence and make more informed real estate decisions.

Cicily has intentionally built a bespoke real estate practice centered on highly personalized service and strategic representation for a carefully curated portfolio of clients and properties. She believes every architecturally significant home, coastal estate, and exceptional residence deserves a marketing strategy as distinctive as the property itself. Rather than relying on standardized campaigns, she develops a tailored approach that showcases each home's architecture, craftsmanship, setting, lifestyle, and long-term investment potential. Through compelling storytelling, architectural visualization, professional photography, cinematic videography, strategic public relations, targeted digital marketing, and broad exposure across traditional media, global digital platforms, and today's AI-powered search technologies, she creates memorable campaigns that connect exceptional properties with qualified buyers around the world.

Her long-standing relationships with many of California's most respected architects, interior designers, landscape architects, builders, engineers, and development professionals provide clients with access to an extraordinary network of trusted experts. Whether evaluating a premier homesite, preparing a luxury estate for market, planning a renovation, designing interiors, or assembling the right team for a custom residence, clients benefit from experienced guidance and relationships cultivated over decades.

For Cicily, real estate is about far more than buying and selling homes. It is about lifestyle, architecture, investment, legacy, and helping clients make informed decisions with confidence. Whether representing an iconic Pebble Beach estate, a charming coastal Carmel cottage, a Big Sur retreat, a Montecito residence, a premier homesite, or a landmark development opportunity along California's coast, she is committed to delivering sophisticated marketing, exceptional representation, and enduring relationships built on trust, expertise, discretion, and results.

The Sterling family has called the Monterey Peninsula home for three generations, giving Cicily a deep appreciation for the region's history, communities, and distinctive coastal lifestyle. She and her family divide their time between Carmel and Montecito, with offices serving clients in both markets. Outside of real estate, Cicily enjoys traveling with her family, hiking the trails of Big Sur, and spending time with family and friends exploring California's remarkable coastline.