A price is changed by fluctuations of supply and demand. If demand is rising or supply is shrinking, price goes up, and vice versa. Since real estate brokers do

A price is changed by fluctuations of supply and demand. If demand is rising or supply is shrinking, price goes up, and vice versa. Since real estate brokers don't hold onto any real estate, they don't buy it, they don't affect supply or demand, and blaming them is as crazy as blaming weather forecasters for bad weather.