by Calculated Risk on 4/18/2005 11:12:00 AM

Here are a couple of charts on real estate related employment.



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This graph is from The Big Picture.

For RE agents, California alone has added 113,307 licensed RE agents since July 2000. The total RE agents in California (427,389) represents 1.9% of the total working population of California. Many of these agents only work part-time, but that is still a substantial loss of income if RE volumes drop 30 to 40% - like a typical RE slowdown.



Thanks to ild and Elroy for the second chart.

Just like RE agents, there has been a significant increase in mortgage brokers. There has been a similar increase in residential building trades, appraisers, home inspectors and other housing related occupations. The impact of a housing slowdown on employment will be significant.