by Calculated Risk on 5/09/2006 10:06:00 PM

Housing may be slowing, but ...

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This graph shows the number of licensed Brokers and salespeople in California for each March.

The California Department of Real Estate reports the total number of agents in California is now 490,861, up 0.9% from last month, and up 10% from last March. The number of licensed salespeople has risen 80% since March 2000. The number of Brokers has increased almost 26%.

... the pace of new licensees has not slowed.