Real estate agents in Sunshine Coast: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank real estate agents in sunshine coast by visibility and citations. 15 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Residential real estate agencies serving Sunshine Coast buyers, sellers, landlords, and investors across local suburbs and surrounding metro markets. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Ray White holds a commanding lead in AI visibility for real estate agents in the Sunshine Coast, scoring 37.5% visibility against a category average of just 3.3%. Professionals sits second at 12.5%, and every other brand in the 15-brand audit records exactly 0.0%. That gap between Ray White and the rest of the field is not marginal. It means Google AI Mode is generating responses that mention Ray White in more than one in three relevant queries, while brands like LJ Hooker, Harcourts, and McGrath receive no AI-generated mentions at all.
A striking divergence exists between visibility and citation across this entire category. Both Ray White and Professionals hold positive visibility scores, yet both carry a 0.0% citation rate. The category average citation rate is also 0.0%. This means AI Mode is naming these brands inside generated responses without linking back to their own domains. Being named is not the same as being cited as a source, and in this category no brand has yet achieved the second step of earning a direct URL citation.
The top cited sources in this category are dominated by third-party and platform domains: realestate.com.au, google.com, facebook.com, sellingsunnycoast.com.au, and m.yelp.com appear in the citation list ahead of any individual agency domain. This pattern suggests Google AI Mode is anchoring its real estate responses on aggregator and directory content rather than on brand-owned websites. Martinuzzi.com.au and eventbrite.com also appear, reinforcing that the AI is drawing from a wide and indirect source mix rather than from raywhite.com or professionals.com.au directly.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Ray White 0% → 38% · rank #0 → #1+38pp
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Professionals 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #2+12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
raywhite.com
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38% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Ray White leads all 15 brands with 37.5% visibility, more than eleven times the 3.3% category average, yet still records a 0.0% citation rate, meaning it is named but not linked. |
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| 2 |
professionals.com.au
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Professionals is the only other brand with any AI visibility at 12.5%, placing it well above the 3.3% average but far behind Ray White, and it also records zero citations. |
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| 3 |
ljhooker.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
LJ Hooker records 0.0% visibility and 0.0% citations despite being a nationally recognised brand, indicating no meaningful presence in Google AI Mode responses for this Sunshine Coast category. |
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| 4 |
mcgrath.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
McGrath sits at rank 4 with a composite score of 0.0, matching LJ Hooker and every brand from rank 3 through 15, showing no differentiation in AI visibility from the pack. |
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| 5 |
belleproperty.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Belle Property registers 0.0% visibility and 0.0% citations, equal to nine other brands in the audit, leaving it entirely absent from Google AI Mode responses in this category. |
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| 6 |
harcourts.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
raineandhorne.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
theagency.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
randw.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
century21.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
firstnational.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
prd.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
stonerealestate.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
eldersrealestate.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
remax.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on real estate agents in sunshine coast, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about real estate agents in sunshine coast AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility for real estate agents in the Sunshine Coast?
Ray White leads with 37.5% visibility, far ahead of Professionals at 12.5% and every other brand in the 15-brand audit at 0.0%.
Why does high AI visibility not translate into citations for Sunshine Coast real estate brands?
Both Ray White and Professionals are named in AI responses but hold 0.0% citation rates, reflecting a category-wide pattern where no brand domain is being linked as a cited source.
What sources does Google AI Mode anchor on when responding to Sunshine Coast real estate queries?
The top cited sources include realestate.com.au, google.com, facebook.com, sellingsunnycoast.com.au, and m.yelp.com, all third-party or aggregator domains rather than individual agency websites.
How concentrated is AI visibility in this category?
Just two brands, Ray White and Professionals, account for all AI visibility, while 13 of 15 brands score exactly 0.0%, making this one of the most concentrated distributions possible.
What is the category average visibility for real estate agents in the Sunshine Coast?
The category average visibility is 3.3%, pulled up almost entirely by Ray White at 37.5% and Professionals at 12.5%, with all other brands contributing nothing.
Are any Sunshine Coast real estate brands new entrants to AI visibility this period?
Yes, both Ray White and Professionals moved from 0.0% to their current visibility scores this period, with Ray White gaining 37.5 percentage points and Professionals gaining 12.5 percentage points.