{"id":13968,"date":"2021-09-16T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/real-estate-firms-reveal-biggest-challenges-over-next-2-years\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T18:17:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T18:17:41","slug":"property-firms-reveal-biggest-challenges-over-next-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-firms-reveal-biggest-challenges-over-next-2-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Firms Reveal Biggest Challenges Over Next 2 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14002\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-firms-reveal-biggest-challenges-over-next-2-years\/property-firms\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Property-firms.jpg?fit=618%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"618,298\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Property firms\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Property firms&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Property firms&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Property-firms.jpg?fit=618%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14002\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Property-firms.jpg?resize=618%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Property firms\" width=\"618\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Property-firms.jpg?w=618&amp;ssl=1 618w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Property-firms.jpg?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Property firms saw business activity increase over the past year as the housing market rose across the country.<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Property firms saw business activity increase over the past year as the <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/sell-your-home-online-fast\/\">housing<\/a> market surged across the country. In 2020, single-office firms had a median brokerage sales volume of $4.5 million and 19 <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-center-nigeria\/\">real estate<\/a> transaction sides, up from $4.2 million and 18 in 2018, according to the NAR\u2019 newly released 2021 Profile of Property Firms. The biennial survey reflects responses from more than 6,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/estate-agents-nearby\/\">REALTOR<\/a> executives and senior managers about business activity.<\/p>\n<p>Firms with four or more offices posted a median brokerage sales volume of $146.2 million and 571 transaction sides in 2020, an increase from $100 million and 478 sides two years ago, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly three out of five property firms expect profitability or net income from all real estate activities to increase this year too, the survey shows.<\/p>\n<p>But they do expect headwinds could undercut some of that growth over the next year. Property firms noted the biggest challenges over the next two years that has them most concerned are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintaining sufficient housing inventory<\/li>\n<li>Housing affordability constraints<\/li>\n<li>Competition from nontraditional market participants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Property firms<\/strong> also had some generational concerns over housing\u2019s future outlook, such as young adults\u2019 ability to buy a home (58%); young adults\u2019 view of homeownership (33%); and baby boomers retiring from real estate (26%), according to the NAR survey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characteristics of Property Firms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report also revealed several common characteristics among real property firms. For example, the majority of property firms\u201480%\u2014operated from a single office and usually had three full-time real estate licensees, according to the NAR study. Nearly nine out of 10 were independent and non-franchised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/top-realtors-in-the-usa\/\">REALTORS<\/a> are small businesses and work closely with small-business clients in their communities,\u201d says NAR President Charlie Oppler. \u201cThe ingenuity, perseverance, and tireless efforts of our members are the lifeblood of local economies, and this has been especially evident during the many challenges brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>property firms tended to generate about 30% of their sales volume from past client referrals; 30% from repeat business from past clients; 10% from their website; and 10% through social media, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The top benefits real estate firms provide to agents and staff, according to the survey: errors and omissions\/liability <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/what-us-insurance-companies-offer-the-best-workers-compensation-insurance\"   title=\"insurance\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">insurance<\/a>; e-signature platform; comparative market analysis; electronic contracts\/forms; and multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/nigeria-property-center\/\">listing<\/a>. Further, a quarter of all firms offered a virtual office space for their agents and staff and 7% offered a virtual assistant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Property firms saw business activity increase over the past year as the housing market rose across &hellip; <a title=\"Property Firms Reveal Biggest Challenges Over Next 2 Years\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-firms-reveal-biggest-challenges-over-next-2-years\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Property Firms Reveal Biggest Challenges Over Next 2 Years<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[527],"tags":[695,4751,1403,12908,543,627,344,698,15272,1007,41,3091,84,511,3092,15282],"class_list":["post-13968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-realestate","tag-agent","tag-amazing","tag-buy","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-homeowners","tag-housing","tag-insurance","tag-outlook","tag-owners","tag-property","tag-property-firms","tag-real-estate","tag-real-estate-companies","tag-real-estate-firms","tag-ross"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6267,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/50-firms-gear-up-for-lagos-summit\/","url_meta":{"origin":13968,"position":0},"title":"50 firms gear up for Lagos Summit","author":"Amazing Property","date":"September 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Real estate Over 50 leading Nigerian companies and counterpart firms from the UK, Ghana, South Africa and UAE are some of the organizations that would participate at the 2nd Nigeria Real Estate Summit and Expo to be held in Lagos. 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