by Calculated Risk on 6/13/2016 01:42:00 PM

Way back in 2005, I posted a graph of the Real Estate Agent Boom. Here is another update to the graph.

The graph shows the number of real estate licensees in California.

The number of agents peaked at the end of 2007 (housing activity peaked in 2005, and prices in 2006).

The number of salesperson's licenses is off 31.9% from the peak, and is starting to increase again (up 2.6% from low). The number of salesperson's licenses has fallen to May 2004 levels.

Brokers' licenses are off 11.8% from the peak and have only fallen to April 2006 levels, but are still slowly declining (down 1% year-over-year).

Click on graph for larger image.

It appears we are starting to see a pickup in Real Estate licensees in California, although the number of Brokers is still declining.