Andrew wrote: georgie-



when the undisclosed real estate agents throw in nice little quotes about how you just have to get in there and buy, etc, that the unaware take as the views of some of their peers (without a vested interested), that makes it inappropriate. If you read the article not knowing they are agents, you might think "hey, some other people think it's a good time to buy, maybe they are right" - when in fact they are real estate agents who always say now is the time to buy, delivering spruik they probably practiced with their boss (also featured in the articles typically)



If the fact that they are agents is not problem, why is it never disclosed by the reporters?

Because its not a problem....I agree about all the garbage agents spit out about how the property is "great investment", "High Capital Gains" and all the other stuff about now being a good time to buy. The fact is, assuming the agents are truthful that they bought the property. Being an agent does not make a difference. The reason the the media uses agents is for publicity reasons as the real estate industry is a big customer. Why go out and search for people to write pieces on when you have people in the industry. Its just easier.Honestly I dont see what all the fuss is about when people or FHB buy real estate, do they want a certificate??My problem is that people, here and on MB just love to nit pick and dissect everything the real estate industry does. If people took as much time to analyse other industries im sure you will find the same amount of spruik for their product.