REALTORŪ Member Research Findings
Each year the National Association of REALTORSŪ conducts a tracking study of member attitudes and awareness regarding the association and its communications programs. The objectives of the study are to measure:
- Membership awareness, attitudes, and support for the Public Awareness Campaign
- Awareness of NAR's communications program to the general public promoting the value and benefits of using a REALTORŪ
- Satisfaction, attitudes, and beliefs regarding NAR membership and the efforts of the association
Methodology
The study was conducted online among 2,500 members selected at random from NAR membership lists between September 16-29, 2008. The sample was weighted to reflect the proportion of the total membership regarding gender, specialization and classification – in other words, brokers and sales agents, commercial and residential agents, and men and women were represented in proportion to their actual presence in the association.
Summary of Key Findings
The Public Awareness Campaign remains one of the most popular programs among NAR members - in 2008, 96 percent of REALTORSŪ favored the advertising program that promotes REALTORSŪ and the value of homeownership, and 89 percent wanted to see more advertising like it.
More than four out of every five members rated the campaign’s effectiveness as “good” to “excellent” - an all-time high.
REALTORSŪ had many positive things to say about the Public Awareness Campaign:
- "I think the campaign promoting a good time to buy has helped increase demand."
- "Keep the advertising campaign. That is the best thing that you can do, in my opinion."
- "I think that under the circumstances there should be more advertising by the Association."
- "Please keep trying to get the message out that in spite of all the bad news out there it is still a good time to buy a home."