About
About Craig Ziegel
Dad to seven, Grandpa to fifteen, and the boots on the ground for the Single Tree Team. I help people buy and sell homes in the Metro East and St. Louis.
- #1Belleville, IL agent for 2025 (RealTrends Verified)
- 2011Licensed since October 2011
- IL & MOLicensed in Illinois and Missouri
- 148Five-star reviews on Google and Zillow
The guy who actually shows up
The Single Tree Team has the websites, the search tools and the market reports. I'm the one in the driveway: at the showing, the inspection, the final walk-through and the closing table.
I've been licensed since 2011. Today I hold licenses in both Illinois and Missouri, so I work both sides of the river, from Belleville, O'Fallon and Swansea to St. Louis and St. Louis County.
In 2025 RealTrends Verified ranked me the #1 agent in Belleville, Illinois, by sales volume and by number of homes sold: 50 transactions and $8.8 million in sales. See the RealTrends profile.
Buying your first place, selling the family home, or moving across the river, you'll get a straight answer and a call back.
Family
Yvonne and I started a new life together in 2013. Together we have seven children and fifteen grandchildren, and family is the center of everything we do. Add three fur babies and two bearded dragons, and nothing about a busy household rattles me.
A family that size teaches you a few things that carry straight into this job: listen first, keep your word, and show up when you said you would.
Giving back
Every year the Single Tree Team packs complete Thanksgiving meals for local families: 12 boxes in 2024 and 14 in 2025. See this year's drive.
I also spearhead the Oak & Ember Society, a local networking group built around cigars, bourbon and real conversation. Members must be 21 or older.
Where I work
- singletreeteam.com: Metro East Illinois homes: Belleville, O'Fallon, Swansea and nearby towns
- singletreeteam.net: St. Louis City and St. Louis County, Missouri homes
- 618newconstruction.com: New construction communities in St. Clair and Monroe County, IL
- stlouisnewconstruction.com: New construction communities in St. Louis County, MO
Licenses
Illinois real estate license 475.128729. Missouri real estate license 2017042810. Brokered by eXp Realty.