Now that the easy mortgage money is flowing like mud around the country, the upbeat optimism that persists in the real estate sales professional may also be starting to wane. Too many realtors running down too few qualified buyers.
The California Association of Realtors is forecasting a year-end count of 185,000 members compared with more than 199,000 last year:
Badagliacco said she knows people like to "poke fun at the Realtor in the nice car," (like Markus Arelius at Rancid Truth blog!) but she expects there to be fewer objects for pokes and jokes in coming years.
In California, where home sales continue to decline, between 110,000 and 140,000 agents are sustainable long-term so she expects bigger drops in membership in the next two years.
Due to the national downturn in the real estate industry, the National Association of Realtors predicts a 4% decline in realtor ranks in 2007.
2 comments:
Yeah... I've had the pleasure of having a REALTOR driving a 'mark' through my neighborhood slowly in his Benz. Big Benz cars are out of place in my neighborhood...
The realtor waved at me while I was doing my yardwork, I guess to show the mark how friendly the locals are. I flipped him off and glared at him.
I'm afraid that may have cost one of my neighbors a sale ;)
Marcus, I am a ventura county native, but a transplant in new england. I enjoy your blog (The pics especially) and think you should post more. Thanks for the insight and the lols
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