Opinions and Editorials

From time to time it is necessary to counter unfair or unfounded criticism of the real estate industry using editorial responses in local and state publications. The pieces archived in this section are written by leadership of the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® on behalf of our membership.

March 16, 2008 - Letter to the Editors of Boston Globe Magazine - Response to residential real estate reporter Binyamin Appelbaum's opinion piece “The (Always) Sunny Side of the Street.”

September 11, 2006 - Letter to the Editors of the Boston Herald - Response to Van Voorhis column over his portrayal of a slowdown in the housing market
     by 2006 MAR President David Wluka

July 21, 2006 - Letter to the Editors of Forbes Magazine
     by Debora Zywusko, President, North Shore Association of REALTORS®
     and Dennis Keating, President, Greater Newburyport Association of REALTORS®

July 18, 2006 - Letter to the Editor of the Globe North Weekly
     by Mark Hutchinson, MAR Northeast Region Vice President

July 10, 2006 - Reply to Boston Globe Article on Transfer Tax
     by 2006 MAR President David Wluka

April 14, 2006 - Reply to Boston Herald's "Realtors® Avoiding Reality"
     by 2006 MAR President David Wluka

March 21, 2006 - REALTORS® View Internet as Friend, Not Foe - Response to Freakonomics Article
     by 2006 MAR President David Wluka
 
August 31, 2005 - Reply to Boston Magazine's Article "Double Agents"
      by Maggie Tomkiewicz, 2005 MAR President
     and Robert N. Authier, MAR Chief Executive Officer

August 14, 2003 - Reply to Boston Globe's "For Sale by Owner: Some Say It's the Only Way"
     by 2003 MAR President Peter P. Casey