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According to STUFF real estate agents have no excuse not to lavish time on their clients – New Zealand now has more agents than homes for sale.
A total of 15,503 agents and 909 companies have active real estate licences, about 1200 more than a year ago. A record number of people applied to join the industry in the past year, according to the Real Estate Agents Authority.
At the same time a growing shortage of listings has been compounded by the Covid lockdown.
At the start of this month there were 12,250 homes on the market, a third fewer than last year, according to the Real Estate Institute (REINZ).
Stephen Lee, a real estate agent with The Professionals, said agents were competing for listings and some were cutting commissions.
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