{"id":1001,"date":"2010-01-17T07:29:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T15:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/louisvillehomesblog.com\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2023-09-05T18:03:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:03:50","slug":"nar-pushing-awareness-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trepryor.com\/blog\/nar-pushing-awareness-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"NAR Pushing &#8216;Awareness&#8217; Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The advertisement you see above is one that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Association of Realtors<\/a> in putting in a number of publications lately. Their intent is to make sure that people are aware that now is a good time for them to out house hunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/trepryor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/nar_ad_tax_credit_extended.jpg\" alt=\"Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended Ad by NAR\" class=\"wp-image-9030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trepryor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/nar_ad_tax_credit_extended.jpg 350w, https:\/\/trepryor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/nar_ad_tax_credit_extended-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t have a problem with their intent but I believe their execution is very disappointing. As a real estate professional, I know the many reasons that now truly is a good time for certain consumers to be house shopping. Chief among them are, 1) the historically low interest rates, 2) the never-before-seen tax credits from the government, 3) the reduced home prices, and 4) the large house inventories across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However it seems that NAR is <em>only<\/em> focusing on the tax credit portion. Check out this commercial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V8h5B129qJk?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing really wrong with this spot but I believe there is so much more they could have done. 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