real estate: NAR Starts Hitting Back
- 01/15/08 10:29 PM
The National Association of Realtors® has finally started swinging back at the media in a meaningful way. After years of being beaten up in the print and broadcast press as nothing more than a self-interested spreader of non-truths, NAR has created a website that will be a valuable tool in countering the most distorted representations of the real estate market. That website is www.HousingMarketFacts.com. In addition to having the latest market reports and statistics, the site boosts the notion that the best information for the public comes from local Realtors®, not the press looking at the phantom "national market." The public can even … (8 comments)
real estate: NAR's Report on the Market - and the Media
- 11/22/07 05:42 AM
The National Association of Realtors® released their monthly report yesterday. The media reported the following snippet in various mutations from the report: national median price existing home price dropped 2% in the third quarter compared with the third quarter last year. That sells newspapers and grabs eyeballs. However, the report led off with "The vast majority of metropolitan areas showed rising or stable home prices in the third quarter with most experiencing modest gains [my emphasis] compared with a year earlier...." The media still want to report the calamitous nature of the real estate market, even when the news is mostly good. Come … (2 comments)
The National Association of Realtors® has finally started swinging back at the media in a meaningful way. After years of being beaten up in the print and broadcast press as nothing more than a self-interested spreader of non-truths, NAR has created a website that will be a valuable tool in countering the most distorted representations of the real estate market. That website is www.HousingMarketFacts.com. ;)
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