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Open House Weekend & New YouTube Videos to Inspire Buyers

NJAR^® is excited to be a part of the nationwide Open House Weekend on April 10-11, 2010. REALTORS^® everywhere will be holding open houses for potential home buyers who may want to try to take advantage of the extended and expanded home buyer tax credit before it expires on April 30, 2010. NJAR^® will be encouraging REALTORS^® to get involved by hosting open houses across the Garden State and is working with New Jersey’s major newspapers to secure special discounts for REALTORS^® so that they may better promote this opportunity to buyers. To find out more details, visit www.REALstoryNJ.com.

In addition, two new Get the REAL Story^® comedic videos that address the benefits of working with a REALTOR^® and the great reasons to buy in New Jersey today were recently added to the Get the REAL Story^® YouTube channel. Discover a family shore home that would have been much more enjoyable without the "family," and a handy man who's not so handy around the house. (Can't imagine how he would succeed at selling it on his own!) Then start spreading the REAL story by passing along the links on Facebook, Twitter, your blog and beyond.

NJ REALTORS^® Support the Creation of a New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program

Responding to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing on legislation, S-692/A-1678, establishing a New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program under the New Jersey gross income tax for home purchases during calendar year 2010, NJAR^® Chief Executive Officer Jarrod C. Grasso, RCE issued the following statement:

“As we have seen on the national level, our economy rises and falls with the real estate industry. The National Association of REALTORS^® (NAR) found that the real estate industry accounts for more than 20 percent of New Jersey’s gross state product. That is why it is so vital to take steps to encourage the stabilization and growth of the Garden State’s housing market. The establishment of the New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program would open the door to homeownership for many families and boost our struggling economy." To read more, view the NJAR^®press release.