8 West Hawaii Real Estate | October 12, 2016 The vast majority of real estate Real estate firms have positive outlook, despite sales volume decrease firms have an optimistic outlook for the future of the industry’s profitability and growth, according to the National Association of Realtors® 2016 Profile of Real Estate Firms. Profitability expectations have declined from the 2015 survey, mainly because of inventory shortages and home-price growth, but real estate firms remain confident about their overall future profitability. The report is based on a survey of firm executives who are members of the National Association of Realtors and provides insight into the business characteristics and activity of firms, benefits and education provided to agents and outlook for the future. “For a second year in a row, a majority of real estate firms have a positive outlook on profitability, with 91 percent of all firms expecting their net income to increase or remain the same over the next year,” said NAR President Tom Salomone, brokerowner of Real Estate II, Inc. in Coral Springs, Florida. “Although there is an Vacant Land Loans Rates 5.25% as low as: APR* No points with up to 75% financing!** $QQXDO3HUFHQWDJH5DWH:LOOORDQXSWRRIWKHDSSUDLVHGYDOXHRUVDOHVSULFHZKLFKHYHULVOHVV7KUHHDQG¿YH\HDUWHUPV DYDLODEOH$¿QDOEDOORRQSD\PHQWLVGXHDWWKHHQGRIWKHWHUP0RQWKO\SD\PHQWLVFDOFXODWHGXVLQJD\HDUDPRUWLDWLRQ$OOORDQVDUH VXEMHFWWRFUHGLWDSSURYDO5DWHVDQGWHUPVZLOOEHGHWHUPLQHGEDVHGRQLQGLYLGXDOFUHGLWZRUWKLQHVV0DLPXPORDQDPRXQWIRUSURSHUWLHV ORFDWHGLQ/DYD+DDUG=RQHVDQGXSWR0XVWEH\HDUVRIDJHWRTXDOLI\IRUDORDQ0XVWEHDPHPEHUWRSDUWLFLSDWH )HGHUDOO\LQVXUHGE\1&8$ 808-930-7700 hicommfcu.com 5HY overwhelmingly positive outlook, low inventory and high prices have led to an overall decrease in real estate firm’s sales volume since last year’s report. High home prices are holding back first-time buyers and low inventory means fewer sales at a time of increased Realtor membership.” In 2016, 64 percent of firms expect profitability (net income) from all real estate activities to increase in the next year, down from 68 percent in 2015. Sixty-seven percent of commercial real estate firms expect profitability to improve (down from 75 percent in 2015), as well as 70 percent of large firms with four or more offices expect profitability to improve (down from 79 percent in the previous year). Residential firms are a little less optimistic as 65 percent expect to see an increase in their net income. According to the report, the typical residential real estate firm’s brokerage sales volume was $6.3 million, while the typical commercial real estate firm’s brokerage sales volume was $4.5 million. The size of the firm has a large impact on its sales volume; firms with one office had median brokerage sales of $4.5 million in 2015, while those with four or more offices had median brokerage sales of $203.8 million in 2015. Forty-three percent of real estate firms expect competition to increase in the next year from non-traditional firms, down from 45 percent in 2015. Forty-six percent of firms see competition from virtual firms increasing (up from 41 percent in 2015), while only 17 percent expect competition increasing from traditional brick-andmortar firms. The sense of competition has fueled more recruitment since the 2015 survey. Forty-seven percent of firms reported they are actively recruiting sales agents in 2016, up from 44 percent in 2015. Real estate firms are also seeing a growth in agents. Seventy-eight percent of real estate firms have a single office; these offices typically include three full-time real estate licensees, up from two in 2015. When asked what they see as the biggest challenges in the next two years, firms cited profitability (49 percent), keeping up with technology (48 percent), maintaining sufficient inventory (48 percent) and recruiting younger agents (36 percent). The NAR 2016 Profile of Real Estate Firms was based on an online survey sent in July 2016 to a national sample of 147,835 executives at real estate firms. This generated 4,567 useable responses with a response rate of 3.1 percent.
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