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People can’t get enough of Realty TV - Called Real Estate Porn
By robertearl | April 19, 2008
Nine of its top 10 programs on HGTV are focused on the real estate market, with the number one “Property Virgin” registering 1.5 million viewers for the past few weeks since it premiered last fall. The show’s target audience are first-time home buyers.
Encouraged by the positive response of televiewers, HGTV will launch more realty-oriented shows in the coming months. “Good Buy, Bad Buy?”, which is a comparison-shopping program, starts to air June 30, while “The Stagers” will premier July 23. “The Stagers” will have design-selling experts on the show.
Owning a unit, despite the current housing slump is still a dream for many Northern Virginians & Americans who channel their unfulfilled desires by tuning in to realty shows on TV.
Andy Cohen, the production chief of Bravo, another production house, pointed out that, “Looking at big, beautiful houses is real estate porn.” Bravo is aware of their wants by feeding on their desires with the appropriate TV show, Cohen said.
This is a trend that we have been following for quite a few months.
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Topics: Buy a Home, First Time Buyer, Northern Virginia Real Estate, Robert Earl |
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