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For those most invested in maintaining their practice — namely brokers — their steadily increasing decision to go inactive is following transaction volume._\n\n_In April 2026, California had 84,237 active**real estate brokers**, about 2,500 fewer than one year earlier. Today, the number of active brokers continues to decrease, in search of a bottom since declining from the January 2010 peak of 109,500._\n\n_Conversely, the number of**active sales agents**steadily climbed from a 2014 low of 171,100 to a November 2022 peak of 226,300. Since then, agents have begun a slower descent than brokers and as of April 2026, active agent numbers tapered to 209,853._\n\n**_firsttuesday_**_forecasts a dramatic fallback in sales agent licensing and renewals in 2026-2027. 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