Here's the latest installment of Bates By the Numbers, a weekly feature by Boston real estate agent David Bates that drills down into the Hub's housing market to uncover those trends you would not otherwise see. And check out his new ebook, Context: Nine Key Condo Markets.
Do you happen to know any professionals in the Massachusetts real estate market? Sometimes I feel like I am surrounded by them, LOL, so I thought I would find out how many realtors, sales people, brokers, appraisers, home inspectors it took to make this market. I also did a breakdown of how many offices and agents there are in 10 different Greater Boston neighborhoods.
2012 MA single-family sales
46,312
2012 MA condominium sales
18,045
2012 MA multifamily sales
5,695
Active MA broker licenses
19,558
Active MA salesperson licenses
41,558
Number of MA Realtors
20,000 +/-
Number of Greater Boston Realtors
5,000+/-
Number of MA certified residential appraisers
1,178
Number of MA licensed home inspectors
439
Number of MLSPIN subscribers (agents)
26,500
Back Bay
MLS offices (including brokerages and appraisal firms): 120
MLS subscribers: 879
Brookline
118
562
Cambridge
69
496
South Boston
62
233
Somerville
MLS offices: 56
MLS subscribers: 204
South End
29
158
Beacon Hill
56
155
Jamaica Plain
41
152
Dorchester
MLS offices: 35
MLS subscribers: 151
Charlestown
35
100
Sources
· Total Sales Numbers and Realtor Numbers from Eric Berman, Communications Director, MAR, who writes three Mass MLS's combine to make the total
· Broker, Agent, Appraiser, Home Inspector numbers are from John High, Division of Professional Licensure and reflect March/2013 totals)
· MLSPIN totals were from MLSPIN paperwork, office and subscriber count was BBTN analysis of MLS data by zip code and may be slightly off as it was a challenging breakdown)
· Our Bates By the Numbers archive [Curbed Boston]