Buyer-seller tension, price correction, AI referrals and hyperlocality are all defining the year for residential brokers in Los Angeles County. 

“We have a bit of a conundrum now, because buyers think it’s a buyer’s market and sellers think it’s a seller’s market,” said F. Ron Smith, co-founder of Smith & Berg Property Group, a Compass affiliate. “But it’s more fluid.”

The top 25 brokers in TRD’s list claimed 1,433 deals totaling $7.8 billion. That’s down from $9.7 billion across 1,814 transactions last year. Read the story below for all the context behind the numbers, and access the full data at TRD Data.