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618. Are Realtors Having an Existential Crisis?

618. Are Realtors Having an Existential Crisis?

Update: 2025-01-173
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Their trade organization just lost a huge lawsuit. Their infamous commission model is under attack. And there are way too many of them. If they go the way of travel agents, will we miss them when they’re gone?

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Sonia Gilbukh, assistant professor of real estate at CUNY Baruch College.
    • Kevin Sears, 2025 president of the National Association of Realtors.
    • Chad Syverson, professor of economics at the University of Chicago.
    • Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors.

 

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Mir Media

I've heard second hand accounts that there are escorts who are operating as realtors. The commission on the sales are low but the work gives them access to people with money. This is particularly true in places like Dubai.

Jan 18th
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618. Are Realtors Having an Existential Crisis?

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