The National Association of realtors has a credibility problem. Everyone already distrusts them because the sales techniques they advocate rely on falsehood and manipulation to cajole buyers into closing deals. But their problems go deeper than that. The association provides market data which purportedly is objective, but it certainly appears as if they manipulate this data to make the market look stronger than it is. Is this an “honest” mistake? Back in February I noted that the National Association of realtors caught lying about home sales. I contended that “The NAr wanted to dupe buyers into thinking the market was [Read More...]