{"id":2026,"date":"2018-05-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/04\/women-leadership\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:36:18","slug":"women-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/04\/women-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Real Estate Leadership A Boy\u2019s Club?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you look at the real estate industry, at its surface, you can see why the rumblings about it being a boy\u2019s club are so pervasive. After all, the leaders of the ten largest brokerage firms in the nation are men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, we\u2019ve interviewed a plethora of top female leaders and, at REAL Trends, four of the top six company leaders are women. So, we wondered, what are the numbers? Is real estate leadership a boy\u2019s club?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/RTGOE.COM\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>LIMITED AVAILABILITY: REGISTER TODAY FOR THE GATHERING OF EAGLES<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a breakdown of the numbers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> 156 women of the top 500-ranked brokerages either lead their firms solely, are partners in their firms or are senior officers one rung below the CEO level. &nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> 31 percent of the 500-ranked brokerage firms either solely run by women or jointly run by women. That\u2019s up from approximately 26 percent just two years ago!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> 3 of the 6 highest-ranking regional executives of HomeServices of America are women and all report to the CEO.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> 2 of the 5 highest-ranking executives of RE\/MAX LLC are women.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> 3 of the 7 highest-ranking executives at Keller Williams are women.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> 2 of 5 brand leaders at Realogy are women.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, slowly (too slowly in our opinion) women are increasing their share of the leadership positions in the brokerage industry. And this is a trend that is likely to continue. Why? Sheer talent and numbers. There are more women in sales management positions and more women in successful sales than there ever have been. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When REAL Trends\u2019 completes its rankings of agents and teams in the next few months, we will likely find that a majority of the top producing individual agents and teams will be led by women. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>By: Tracey C. Velt, editor and Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you look at the real estate industry, at its surface, you can see why the rumblings about it being a boy\u2019s club are so pervasive. 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