Raising The Bar on Agents in California
The Walk Through, a very good real estate blog from the New York Times, points to a move by the California Association of Realtors to get tougher on the licensing requirements for Realtors.
You can read the full article over at the Sacramento Business Journal.
Our basic reason for being is that as house prices go up, so do the number of realtors. Almost exactly in unison. Where prices have gone up the most, so have the number of realtors in that area.
Anything to toughen the standards of accreditation is a great thing for home owners and a great thing for those fantastic realtors out there who help their clients achieve fantastic returns when selling and great bargains when buying.
[…] It seems our friends across the pond may need to take similar steps to those of California. […]
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24 Mar 06 at 12:12 pm
I believe so.. that the standard of accreditation for realtors in california should be toughened. Well, anybody can be a realtor but what will happen if all the people in california will be granted license to be one?
jpillow24
6 Sep 06 at 2:47 am