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STORY BY
NICOLE MONTON
PHOTO BY
ANTHONY CONSILLIO
Led by CEO Suzanne Young, Honolulu Board of REALTORS has been the go-to source for real estate membership and the neighborhoods
onolulu Board of REALTORS has been a voice for O‘ahu’s real estate industry for the last cen- tury, influencing everything from policymaking
its 7,000-plus real estate agents are: housing advocates, community builders and good neighbors.
HOUSING ADVOCATES
HBR remains a go-to resource for policymakers and does extensive research to provide them with data and information about the market. All that behind-the-scenes work makes for better regulations that benefit local fam- ilies that dream of homeownership. But that’s just one arm of HBR’s multifaceted approach to being a cham- pion for the local real estate market. The other has to do with its extensive membership — HBR is the 50th largest in the nation, out of 1,100 boards — and through diligent effort, HBR’s Realtors are the cream of the crop. The organization asks members to commit to a code of
ethics and requires rigorous ongoing education specific to Hawai‘i. That influx of information helps real estate agents keep up with the latest policies and determine if new guidelines will affect homebuyers and sellers.
t serves for 100 years.
“We’re the link between the constantly changing poli- cies that are passed and making sure our Realtors stay on top of all of it,” notes Suzanne Young, who’s been with HBR for more than three decades, serving as CEO for the past seven years. “We provide education to Realtors, and our Realtors are the link to individuals. All of this means that you’ re working with true professionals when you’ re making that big step of purchasing or selling a home.”
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at the highest level to a family’s personal homebuying journey. Now, as the island’s largest trade organization celebrates its 100th anniversary, HBR also pays homage to its new tagline for 2022 that accurately reflects all that
HBR was educating real estate licensees before there was even a formal agency regulating the industry, and SEE PAGE 17