Via Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates LLC):

I am not an NAR member, but many of you are. However, you might want to think about the following when renewing or maintaining your membership.

First, the provisions in the "ACES" (Cap and Trade" bill) that requires the adoption of a national energy code and a national energy audit of all homes before they are sold was horse-traded out by NAR as part of the last-minute 341-page amendment that was added to the bill at 3:00am on the day of the vote. Many law makers didn't even know about this - and apparently still don't. In exchange, the NAR threw their support behind the bill. Yes, it's true.

They got these provisions to apply only to new homes - like Realtors don't ever sell new homes or that existing homes will be forever excluded from these provisions.

I wouldn't have known this except for a proud statement taking credit for this they have posted on their website and a puff piece they emailed to some of their members.

Second, the NAR (according to their website and also reported by Inman) - and they include all their 1.2 million members in this pledge of support - "commends" the President in his desire to create the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Did you know that if you are a Realtor that you support this?

Doesn't sound like the NAR is looking out for any of us (members or not) or America.

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