NAR Takes Issue with Good Morning America Segment

NAR: REALTOR® Magazine Online
NAR President Thomas M. Stevens is asking the producers of ABC TV'S Good Morning America for equal time after the show ran a misleading and misinformed consumer-advice segment about real estate practitioners.

The segment, which aired March 24 under the title, "Tricks of the Trade: Confessions of a REALTOR®," claims consumers shouldn't trust everything practitioners say.

The segment "gave a very inaccurate, grossly misleading and unfair depiction of the nation's REALTORS®," says Stevens. "Several of the allegations made by the guest described practices that violate the REALTOR® Code of Ethics, such as intentionally misrepresenting a property and could be grounds for suspension of membership. Because of the Code, all REALTORS® know such behavior is wrong."

Stevens called upon the producers to balance the show's coverage by giving REALTORS® the chance to respond.

Read advice on what your broker won't tell you from the show and view NAR's Code of Ethics online.