If you’re a buyer or seller in the Tennessee real estate market, there’s three pieces of good news that came out of the March 22, 2011 Tennessee Real Estate Commission meeting.

Click to enlarge. Roughly 80% of real estate licensees is Tennessee are REALTORS.

• You will have to sort through fewer licensees to find a real estate professional.
• The vast majority of licensees are REALTORS, members of the National Association of REALTORS who subscribe to a high code of ethics.
• The licensees who have weathered the storm may be the fittest to sell your home or represent your buyer purchase.

Click to enlarge. Fewer new licenses were issues and fewer real estate tests were administered since 2008.