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Research, reporting and analysis about the residential real estate industry’s biggest trends and developments, from NAR to lawsuits, government regulation, leadership and more.

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Diving into real estate agent demographics

Every year, the National Association of Realtors surveys its membership on a variety of demographic and business characteristics and publishes the results in the NAR Member Profile. This article provides an overview of some of the key demographics the profile reveals.

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Announcing the 2024 Swanepoel Trends Report

The 2024 Swanepoel Trends Report, the annual analysis of the biggest trends shaping the residential real estate brokerage industry, is now available for pre-purchase! This article includes a brief preview of the report and a video recorded by T3 Sixty President and CEO Jack Miller and T3 Sixty Editor-in-Chief Paul Hagey discussing the report.

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Examining the decrease in inventory at the metro level

Metro areas are facing a shortage of home listings, a trend that is creating challenges for real estate professionals and potential buyers alike. This article explores how inventory levels have changed at the metro level.

Rethinking the term ‘independent brokerage’

T3 Sixty does not identify independent brokerages in its Real Estate Almanac rankings or consider them separately for its industry research and analysis. Here’s why.

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Breaking down the 2023 Organized Real Estate report

On Tuesday, T3 Sixty released its annual ranking of the nation’s MLSs, local Realtor associations and state Realtor associations by year-end 2022 member counts in the Organized Real Estate section of the 2023 Real Estate Almanac. This post presents a video conversation about the data in the report and some of the implications.

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Inside the 2023 Swanepoel Power 200 (SP 200)

Every year, T3 Sixty ranks the nation’s 200 most powerful residential real estate brokerage leaders in the Swanepoel Power 200 (SP 200). The 2023 edition launched on January 10.

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What’s happening with home prices at the national and metro level

After two years of rapid growth, home prices have slowed markedly as the housing market transitions to a period of lower sales amid higher mortgage rates. This article provides an analysis of the current home price trend and some details of how it has impacted metros.

The real estate market heading into 2023

The real estate market has undoubtedly slowed. As the end of 2022 approaches, this article explores the market features to expect in 2023.

2023 STR Excerpt: The Future of MLS

Multiple listing services have been critical components of the American real estate system for nearly a century. They are, however, facing some significant changes and challenges as the industry matures into an increasingly scaled, well-capitalized enterprise, with advanced technology and new data capabilities and practices.

2023 STR Excerpt: Evaluating Real Estate’s Compensation Structure and Its Future

The long-established compensation structure that undergirds the American real estate brokerage industry is facing unprecedented scrutiny from DOJ and FTC investigations and challenges from several high-profile, class-action antitrust lawsuits

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Analyzing homeownership rates and their demographic characteristics

Homeownership is a key pillar of American life, and of the residential real estate brokerage industry. This article provides an overview of some of the latest data related to US homeownership and how rates vary by certain demographic characteristics.

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The market-proof strategies to secure great real estate brokerage talent

Talented employees are the bedrock of strong, nimble, growing real estate companies. This chapter provides a detailed overview of where the real estate brokerage talent market is now, where it’s headed and how to best navigate it.

VIDEO: 2022 State of the Real Estate Industry

Watch Stefan Swanepoel and Jack Miller discuss some of the biggest trends shaping the industry and provide a preview of the 2023 Swanepoel Trends Report.

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Exploring the geography of investor-owned single-family homes

Investor activity in the single-family housing market has significantly increased recently. This article explores some of the disparate geographic impact of the activity.

The numbers behind the nation’s largest brokerages gobbling up market share

The Mega 1000 reveals that the nation’s largest brokerages as a group have gained market share during the past several years, but the gains have been greatest among the very largest in this elite group. This article presents some of the numbers behind this market share consolidation.

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Building the talent strategy for future business success

Hiring, keeping and retaining talent is perhaps the most important activity businesses can do to thrive and grow. People are the engine that animate all success. This article provides an overview of how to design and implement a comprehensive talent strategy.

How the growth of real estate’s largest companies outpaces others

With the maturing of industry technology and the increasing advantage access to vast amounts of capital provides. The 2022 Corporations report shows one impact of this: the degree to which the big companies are outpacing even their large peers.

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How to attract top talent

With demand for talented workers greatly outweighing supply, it’s more important than ever to build and cultivate a company attractive to outside talent. This article shares five top strategies to do so.

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The dynamic, often overlooked, secret to finding great talent

As the pool of talented candidates has become smaller, internal recruiting, always important, has become even more vital. This article outlines some of the steps companies can use to implement a successful program.

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2022 and the future of real estate

The 2022 Swanepoel Trends report analyzes the top trends shaping the residential real estate brokerage industry to give leaders the information and insight to successfully adapt and thrive in real estate’s next era. This article highlights several of its key chapters.

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Surf the industry’s massive trend wave with the 2022 Swanepoel Trend Report

The 2022 Swanepoel Trends Report, now in its 17th year, provides key insights and analysis of the most significant trends shaping the industry in what appears to be its most dynamic period in decades. This article presents some of what industry leaders an expect from the report.