Analysts Are Bullish on Top Real Estate Stocks: Real Brokerage (REAX), AvalonBay (AVB)We highlight some (+) and (-) from the quarter below, with more detail in the note. (-/+) Real added 2,149 agents this quarter, ending at 30,183 (up 39% year- over-year, and 399 above our estimate); it remains one of the few brokerages growing agent count even with the subdued housing backdrop. Agent churn stepped down notably to 4.9% in the quarter (down from 7.3% in the year-ago period), while churn on a revenue basis remained much lower at only 1.4% (down from 2.0% a year ago). Further, as of today, Real had roughly 30,700 agent agents on the platform—adding over 500 new agents in October.