We see a lot of statistics and there is one set that I found interesting regarding our local agents at
CAAR - Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS.

Specifically what are Agents doing since Jan 1, 2009?

We currently have 1318 active agents in our Associaton of Realtors

1. New Agents = 28

2. Agents who have transfers from one Broker to another = 104

3. Agents who have become inactive = 105

So about 8% of our members have left the business and about 8% have decided to switch Brokers. Now there are a lot of reasons why an agent might switch to a different office but I think most are thinking it will help their personal business....

I am a little surprised that we still have over 1300 agents who are active so I thought I would dig a little deeper...

What does ACTIVE really mean?

609 Agents have 1 or more transactions this year

122 Agents have 6 or more transactions (1 per month) this year

49 Agents have 10 or more transactions this year

So these numbers are telling a story. Less than half our member have 1 transaction and less than 10% are selling at least 1 property per month.

Is your agent a top agent? Are they part of the 49 out of 1318 agents? Ask them the tough questions... How many transactions have you done this year?

You may be shocked at the answer...

NOTE: I just checked and 25% of the agents in our RE/MAX office are included in the 49 agent.