Lofty has announced the release of a new AI Index for Real Estate, which the company describes as the industry’s first AI tracker designed to quantify the amount of time saved by real estate agents who use Lofty AI.
Featuring number breakdowns detailing how agents save time across tasks, based on team or brokerage size, across regions of the country, and per product, Lofty stated that the AI Index offers the industry a view of quantifiable AI results. Grounded in tracking what agents actually do and how AI impacts their activity, in the month of October 2026 Lofty AI completed 1.13 million tasks and saved real estate agents across the country more than 130,000 hours.
“Every AI vendor touts the time-saving nature of their AI product, but almost none of them show the data to confirm that what they say is true,” said Joe Chen, CEO of Lofty. “We decided to eliminate the smoke and mirrors surrounding AI results and create measurable clarity by creating the Lofty AI Index. Each month we’ll put a number to the AI impact, show the calculations, and stand behind it.”
According to NAR’s 2026 Realtors® Technology Report, 81% of agents said that “saving time” was a primary reason they adopted new technology, which is why AI has been hailed as a game changer for the real estate industry. Lofty explained that eliminating much of the manual task-oriented work that keeps agents distracted from big revenue generating activities is an appealing proposition. Yet, few real estate professionals can say exactly how AI delivers results in a tangible way.
Lofty stated that its AI Index closes that gap by counting what AI did, pricing the activity in minutes as compared to how long it takes an agent to execute manually, and calculating the hours saved across products (including three AI agents and Lofty Cowork). With conservative estimates, the first iteration of the Index assessed usage during October 2026 and found 1.13 million tasks were completed by AI saving agents 131,248 hours by handling follow-ups, social media posts, homeowner check-ins, and CRM updates.
Additional October 2026 Lofty AI Index findings include:
- Large brokerages saved 36% of hours on social media marketing
- Agents in Michigan saved more time than agents in any other region
- 387,824 leads received a follow-up text or email from AI
- Solo agents saved 30% of hours planning their day
- Users saved nearly 16,000 hours on writing and posting social content
- Lofty Homeowner Agent saved agents nearly 30,000 hours in keeping past clients and potential homeowners as warm leads
“As the industry evaluates how and when to invest in AI, Lofty will continue to not only provide the proven AI innovations that streamline how agents, teams, and brokerages work but eliminate the mystery shrouding AI and showcase its measurable impact on real estate businesses of every size,” said Chen.
To learn more about the data and the results, visit https://lofty.com/ai-index.
