eXp has an exponentially more efficient cost structure than any of its brokerage peers.

Why it matters: In the highly uncertain market of 2022, with transaction volumes falling and brokerages responding by cutting costs, financial efficiency is more important than ever.

• During my previous research on Compass' Cash Burn Problem and the Coming Brokerage Slowdown, I stumbled across a fascinating metric: operating expenses per transaction.
  
  

• This metric measures the amount of company overhead -- support staff, office expense, technology, etc -- per closed transaction.

While its publicly-listed peers are all in the same ballpark, eXp has a remarkable advantage when it comes to operating expenses -- 10x more efficient than its peers.

• And with over 110,000 transactions in Q1 2022, eXp is leveraging this advantage at scale.

The bottom line: The real estate industry is entering a period of heightened uncertainty with rising interest rates and falling transaction volumes, leading to a shrinking commission pool.

• With a limited ability to affect revenue, brokerages will be forced to cut costs -- and in this environment, brokerages like eXp have a distinct advantage.