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s the Q3 earnings season comes to a close, one standout performer in the real estate services industry is The Real Brokerage (NASDAQ:REAX). This tech-driven brokerage firm has been making waves with its innovative approach and impressive growth. But how does it stack up against its peers?

    The real estate services sector has been grappling with the double-edged sword of technology. On one hand, online listings have increased transparency and accessibility for buyers and sellers. On the other hand, digitization threatens to disrupt traditional business models and disintermediate key players like agents who rely on information asymmetries.

    Despite these challenges, the 13 real estate services stocks we track reported a strong Q3, with revenues beating analysts' consensus estimates by 2.4%. However, next quarter's revenue guidance was 1.4% below expectations, leading to an average decline of 2.4% in share prices since the latest earnings results.

    The Real Brokerage, founded in Toronto in 2014, has been a trailblazer in the industry with its agent-centric philosophy and tech-driven model. In Q3, it reported revenues of $372.5 million, a staggering 73.5% year-over-year increase that exceeded analysts' expectations by 7.4%. Chairman and CEO Tamir Poleg hailed the quarter as "exceptional," driven by industry-leading growth and innovation.

    While The Real Brokerage's revenue growth was the fastest among its peers, investor expectations may have been higher than Wall Street's published projections. As a result, the stock is down 5.1% since reporting, trading at $5.35. Is this a buying opportunity? Our full analysis of the earnings results is available for free.

    In contrast, JLL (NYSE:JLL), founded in 1999 through the merger of Jones Lang Wootton and LaSalle Partners, reported revenues of $5.87 billion, up 14.8% year on year. While this outperformed analysts' expectations by 4.2%, it was a more modest beat compared to The Real Brokerage's impressive growth.