National Association of REALTORS® Fact Sheet

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The Public Affairs Office, 202/383-1000

What: The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, “The Voice for Real Estate,” is America’s largest trade association, representing 1.3 million members, including NAR’s institutes, societies and councils, involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

Who: Our membership is composed of residential and commercial REALTORS®, who are brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, counselors and others engaged in all aspects of the real estate industry. Members belong to one or more of some 1,600 local associations/boards and 54 state and territory associations of REALTORS®. They are pledged to a strict Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.

Why: Working for America's property owners, the National Association provides a facility for professional development, research and exchange of information among its members and to the public and government for the purpose of preserving the free enterprise system and the right to own real property.

The Term REALTOR®

The term REALTOR® is a registered collective membership mark that identifies a real estate professional who is a member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® and subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.

2008 NAR Officers

Richard "Dick" Gaylord, President

Charles McMillan, GRI, CIPS, President-Elect

Vicki Cox Golder, First Vice President

James L. Helsel, Jr., Treasurer

Robert Kulick, Vice President & Liaison to Government Affairs

Mark Foreman, Vice President & Liaison to Committees

Pat V. Combs, Immediate Past President

Dale Stinton, Chief Executive Officer