Ninety-five percent of real estate firms are confident that their net income will increase or stay the same in the next year, according to the 2015 National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Real Estate Firms, a survey of more than 4,500 executives at real estate firms.
Commercial firms are the most optimistic, with 75 percent expecting their net income to rise and 22 percent saying it will likely stay the same. Sixty-nine percent of residential real estate firms expect their income to increase next year.