The Task Exposure Indexv2026.Q3
Occupation · SOC 41-9022.00 · Job Zone 2

AI exposure: Real Estate Sales Agents

Rent, buy, or sell property for clients. Perform duties such as study property listings, interview prospective clients, accompany clients to property site, discuss conditions of sale, and draw up real estate contracts. Includes agents who represent buyer.

Reading this score

computed

46.4% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Real Estate Sales Agents at the 84th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 3.0 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 33 tasks it averages 1.88 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 Coordinate appointments to show homes to prospective buyers, at 93.3%. The least is Review property listings, trade journals, and relevant literature, and attend conventions,..., at 0.0%. A gap of 93.3% 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 12 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 33 tasks, 20 are currently banded exposed, 10 assisted and 3 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take systems being given deeper access to the organisation's own records and history, which is already happening. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.

Task by task

33 tasks, O*NET 31.0
TaskExposedAssistedUntouchedImportanceBand
Coordinate appointments to show homes to prospective buyers.93.3%6.7%0.0%4.55exposed
Arrange meetings between buyers and sellers when details of transactions need to be negotiated.93.3%6.7%0.0%3.09exposed
Generate lists of properties that are compatible with buyers' needs and financial resources.80.0%20.0%0.0%4.52exposed
Promote sales of properties through advertisements, open houses, and participation in multiple listing services.80.0%20.0%0.0%4.45exposed
Contact property owners and advertise services to solicit property sales listings.80.0%20.0%0.0%4.14exposed
Contact previous clients for prospecting of referral business.80.0%20.0%0.0%4.10exposed
Arrange for title searches to determine whether clients have clear property titles.80.0%20.0%0.0%3.88exposed
Solicit and compile listings of available rental properties.80.0%20.0%0.0%2.38exposed
Review plans for new construction with clients, enumerating and recommending available options and features.76.7%23.3%0.0%3.29exposed
Contact utility companies for service hookups to clients' property.73.3%26.7%0.0%2.56exposed
Investigate clients' financial and credit status to determine eligibility for financing.60.0%40.0%0.0%3.89exposed
Interview clients to determine what kinds of properties they are seeking.55.0%20.0%25.0%4.48exposed
Confer with escrow companies, lenders, home inspectors, and pest control operators to ensure that terms and conditions of purchase agreements are met before closing dates.50.0%25.0%25.0%4.73exposed
Coordinate property closings, overseeing signing of documents and disbursement of funds.50.0%25.0%25.0%4.28exposed
Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases.45.0%30.0%25.0%4.67exposed
Display commercial, industrial, agricultural, and residential properties to clients and explain their features.45.0%30.0%25.0%4.14exposed
Advise clients on market conditions, prices, mortgages, legal requirements, and related matters.35.0%40.0%25.0%4.70assisted
Accompany buyers during visits to and inspections of property, advising them on the suitability and value of the homes they are visiting.35.0%40.0%25.0%4.41assisted
Advise sellers on how to make homes more appealing to potential buyers.35.0%40.0%25.0%4.35assisted
Answer clients' questions regarding construction work, financing, maintenance, repairs, and appraisals.35.0%40.0%25.0%4.17assisted
Evaluate mortgage options to help clients obtain financing at the best prevailing rates and terms.35.0%40.0%25.0%3.69assisted
Locate and appraise undeveloped areas for building sites, based on evaluations of area market conditions.32.5%42.5%25.0%3.60assisted
Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration.30.0%20.0%50.0%4.74exposed
Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other.30.0%20.0%50.0%4.73exposed
Conduct seminars and training sessions for sales agents to improve sales techniques.30.0%20.0%50.0%3.42exposed
Secure construction or purchase financing with own firm or mortgage company.26.7%23.3%50.0%3.86exposed
Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price.20.0%55.0%25.0%4.57assisted
Appraise properties to determine loan values.20.0%55.0%25.0%4.71assisted
Visit properties to assess them before showing them to clients.20.0%55.0%25.0%2.82assisted
Rent or lease properties on behalf of clients.16.7%33.3%50.0%2.94assisted
Develop networks of attorneys, mortgage lenders, and contractors to whom clients may be referred.13.3%11.7%75.0%3.95untouched
Inspect condition of premises, and arrange for necessary maintenance or notify owners of maintenance needs.10.0%15.0%75.0%3.71untouched
Review property listings, trade journals, and relevant literature, and attend conventions, seminars, and staff and association meetings, to remain knowledgeable about real estate markets.0.0%0.0%100.0%4.23untouched

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

judged

Every 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.

DimensionMeanScale
Capability2.970-4
Embodiment0.360-3
Presence1.090-3
Accountability1.230-3
Context1.880-3
Verification cost1.440-3

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.