rom REAL Trends, the trusted source forreal estate industry news, this is REAL Trending episode 37. We're breaking down the trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends, and today we're discussing the home ownership rate, the importance of relationships, and the GDP and outlook for housing. What does it all mean?

Hi, this is Steve Murray, REAL Trending, Special Edition Number 36 on the road with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and Keller Williams Family Reunion. Housing sales in January fell again. No big surprise. What was a surprise is how much they fell by. Unit sales fell off from last January and fell off from December 2018. As we said last fall, that makes eight to nine months in a row of existing home sales declines. New home sales seem to be following a similar trend. While we do not think that housing sales will fall catastrophically, there's no question that we should stop avoiding the word recession. In the general economy, two-quarters of negative GDP growth equals a recession. We've had eight to ten months now of existing home sales declines. It's time to call this what it is, which is a housing recession.

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending, episode 35. We're breaking down trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. Today, we are discussing where brokers go wrong in today's environment. Secondly, how can brokers compete in today's environment? And third, just a few data tidbits from the REAL Trends 500.

From Real Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending episode 34. We're breaking down trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. Today we're discussing merger and acquisition activity, the onslaught of virtual and discount brokerage firms, and what the economy says about housing sales.

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending, episode 33. We're breaking down the trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. Today we're going to discuss fundraising from Wall Street for real estate tech startups, and how did the top agent in the world get where he got?

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending, episode 32. We're breaking down the trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends, and today we are discussing Game Changers, a new release from REAL Trends, changes at Purplebricks, and the housing market. What do all these things mean?

From REAL trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending Episode 31. We're breaking down the trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, President REAL trends. Today we're discussing the residential property management business. Is this one brokers should be in. Secondly, Boston in another attempt to solve affordability and homelessness wants to tax real estate transactions. And last, will 2019 be the year of the millennial home buyer?

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate and street news this is REAL Trending Episode 30. We're breaking down the trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray President of REAL Trends and today we're discussing fewer Americans are flipping homes, how the Federal Government shutdown may affect housing, and a few comments on the year-endmessage out of Robert Reffkin CEO of Compass

Today we're discussing housing market predictions for 2019, the growing power of highly productive teams and agents, and the valuation of small- to medium-sized brokerage firms.