AI exposure: Real Estate Brokers
Operate real estate office, or work for commercial real estate firm, overseeing real estate transactions. Other duties usually include selling real estate or renting properties and arranging loans.
Reading this score
computed46.0% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Real Estate Brokers at the 84th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.9 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 19 tasks it averages 1.73 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Give buyers virtual tours of properties in which they are interested, at 86.7%. The least is Supervise agents who handle real estate transactions, at 13.3%. A gap of 73.3% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within sales occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 50.0% across the group's 22 roles, with 13 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 19 tasks, 13 are currently banded exposed, 5 assisted and 1 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take a change in who is permitted to sign the work, which is a question for regulators rather than for engineers. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
19 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Give buyers virtual tours of properties in which they are interested, using computers. | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 3.39 | exposed |
| Generate lists of properties for sale, their locations, descriptions, and available financing options, using computers. | 80.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 4.39 | exposed |
| Monitor fulfillment of purchase contract terms to ensure that they are handled in a timely manner. | 80.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 4.24 | exposed |
| Check work completed by loan officers, attorneys, or other professionals to ensure that it is performed properly. | 80.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 3.81 | exposed |
| Arrange for title searches of properties being sold. | 80.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 3.35 | exposed |
| Maintain awareness of current income tax regulations, local zoning, building and tax laws, and growth possibilities of a property's area. | 61.3% | 26.2% | 12.5% | 3.45 | exposed |
| Maintain working knowledge of various factors that determine a farm's capacity to produce, such as agricultural variables and proximity to market centers and transportation facilities. | 51.7% | 23.3% | 25.0% | 2.22 | exposed |
| Maintain knowledge of real estate law, local economies, fair housing laws, types of available mortgages, financing options, and government programs. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 4.37 | exposed |
| Manage or operate real estate offices, handling associated business details. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 4.00 | exposed |
| Obtain agreements from property owners to place properties for sale with real estate firms. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.63 | exposed |
| Review property details to ensure that environmental regulations are met. | 35.0% | 40.0% | 25.0% | 3.59 | assisted |
| Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers over property prices and settlement details and during the closing of sales. | 30.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 4.40 | exposed |
| Arrange for financing of property purchases. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.64 | exposed |
| Develop, sell, or lease property used for industry or manufacturing. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.77 | exposed |
| Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price. | 20.0% | 55.0% | 25.0% | 4.52 | assisted |
| Appraise property values, assessing income potential when relevant. | 20.0% | 55.0% | 25.0% | 3.74 | assisted |
| Sell, for a fee, real estate owned by others. | 16.7% | 33.3% | 50.0% | 4.59 | assisted |
| Rent properties or manage rental properties. | 16.7% | 33.3% | 50.0% | 4.25 | assisted |
| Supervise agents who handle real estate transactions. | 13.3% | 11.7% | 75.0% | 3.64 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.92 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.41 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 0.89 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.54 | 0-3 |
| Context | 1.73 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.54 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.