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618. Are Realtors Having an Existential Crisis?

Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics Radio
Episode • Jan 17 • 53m

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.