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The Industry Is Getting Smaller
Every headline about this reads as bad news. It is worth reading the numbers first, and then asking who it is actually bad news for.
- NAR membership was 1,439,163 in June 2026, against 1,463,352 a year earlier.
- The peak was roughly 1.5 million in 2022.
- NAR leadership projects membership near 1.2 million by the end of 2026.
- About 100,000 people left the business during 2025.
- The exits are concentrated among newer agents and those relying on a single prospecting-heavy lead model that stops working when the market slows.
Sources: NAR membership reporting, June 2026 · industry coverage of projected 2026 membership. Figures verified September 2026.
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