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Realtor demographics

More Male Realtors in Today’s Real Estate Market?

Three Reasons (#3. “The Larry Summers Factor”) [Editor’s Note:  see “Changing Realtor Demographics” for more on this subject.] Scan the headlines, and it’s apparent that women are making steady inroads in corporate boardrooms, academe, and formerly “male” professions like law and accounting. So, where are more men showing up? In real estate. It’s only an anecdotal observation, but here...
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Real Estate’s New Generation Gap

Millennials vs. Baby Boomers One of the most startling things I heard at yesterday’s Edina Realty annual meeting was the degree to which the Realtor ranks nationally are now dominated by (relative) old fogeys:  something like half of all active agents are now over 40 years old (and not a few are over 65!).    This, at the same...
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Changing Realtor Demographics

Changing Realtor Demographics: Newbie’s, Old-Timers and . . HybridsRealtors seem to be getting younger. And older. One of the most dramatic changes in the real estate business — now three-plus years into a downturn — has to do with realtor demographics. Fewer deals, at lower prices, means dramatically reduced commissions for the nation’s one million-plus...
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