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As promised here is the ninth-ranked trend of the thousands. Written by Brian Summerfield, Online Editor of Realtor Magazine.
#9: Real Estate on TV
Toward the beginning of this decade, we saw two manias explode onto the national scene: reality TV and the housing boom. The perhaps inevitable combination of these two popular trends resulted in a massive proliferation of real estate-focused programming on cable television.
These shows generally fell into two categories:
- Design and Staging: These shows focused primarily on home furnishings and improvements, for the implicit (and sometimes explicit) purpose of increasing a house’s value for resale.
- House Hunting: These shows focused more on the process of finding a home with the desired characteristics for the right price.
Moreover, while channels such Bravo and A&E added a few real estate shows to its lineup, a couple of others made real estate and related topics their bread and butter—namely, HGTV and Discovery Home & Leisure (which has since been rebranded Planet Green, reflecting another important industry trend).
Shows have adapted to the changing times as well. These days, programs like Real Estate Intervention, which helps sellers come to terms with realistic prices for their properties, and Renovation Realities, which offers a glimpse into the stresses and soaring costs involved with home improvement projects, present a pragmatic picture of the process of buying, selling, and improving houses.
Still, in good times or bad, the main thing is to amuse and interest viewers. And the sheer number of these kinds of programs on TV right now suggests that there’s a large audience that wants real estate-themed entertainment, regardless of what the market is doing.”
Watch for the blog on the tenth-ranked trend of the real estate market for the decade!
