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Competition & Opportunity in Real Estate


REALTORS® are mostly small business owners who ensure buyers and sellers experience the greatest transparency, choice and efficiency through independent, local broker marketplaces that level the playing field for all types and sizes of residential real estate brokerages.​​

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184 Things Your REALTOR® Does For You 
 

Local Broker Marketplaces (MLS) In Action

Local Broker Marketplaces in Action
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Economics of Buying a Home

Economics of Buying a Home
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Local Broker Marketplaces Foster Competition

Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) are independent, local marketplaces that promote innovation and make it possible for residential real estate businesses of all types and sizes to compete.

Learn more about fostering competition

Consumer Access & Opportunity

Local broker marketplaces create the largest, most efficient and convenient markets that ensure equity, transparency and market-driven pricing for home buyers and sellers.

Learn more about consumer access

REALTORS® Champion Wealth Building & Communities

REALTORS® are everyday working Americans who champion wealth building through homeownership and property rights while advocating for their communities.

Read how REALTORS® champion homeownership

Key Questions Answered

Answers to some of the most common questions about
competition and real estate.

FAQs

In the News

Following are stories that bring to life how REALTORS® advocate for consumers, how local broker marketplaces advance equity and access, and how small businesses are beneficiaries of these local real estate marketplaces.

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