President's Corner
Happy New Year! I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits as we embark on a brand new year filled with opportunities and possibilities.
As the President of the Bronx Realtist Professionals, Board of National Association of Real Estate Brokers. I want to express my sincere gratitude for your unwavering commitment and dedication to our organization. The past year was filled with challenges, but together, we persevered and continued to make a positive impact on our community and the real estate industry.
2024 holds great promise for us as a chapter and as individuals. Already, we are witnessing positive signs, such as the Federal Reserve's discussions about lowering interest rates. This development bodes well for our real estate market, and it's an exciting time for all of us involved in this industry.
Our chapter is in the process of reorganization and reshaping to better serve our members and the community. In the coming months, we will continue to work diligently to refine our strategies, enhance our outreach efforts, and provide valuable resources to our members.
One of our main goals this year is to foster and strengthen relationships with other organizations. Collaboration and partnership will be key in achieving our shared objectives and advancing the interests of our members.
I encourage each of you to actively participate in our chapter's activities, share your ideas and insights, and be part of the positive changes we aim to bring about. Your involvement and contributions are essential to our success.
In the spirit of the New Year, let us set our sights high and work together to reach new heights of achievement. Together, we can make 2024 a year of growth, prosperity, and meaningful impact.
Once again, I wish you all a Happy New Year filled with success, happiness, and good health.
Thank you for being a vital part of the Bronx Realtist Professionals, and I look forward to an incredible year ahead.
If you have any ideas, suggestions, or would like to get more involved, please feel free to reach out to me at President@bronxrealtistprofessionalsnareb.org
Cheryl Williams
President
Bronx Realtist Professionals, NAREB
Mission: Democracy in Housing!
NAREB® Mission Statement
The purpose of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers® is to enhance the professional and business conditions of NAREB® Realtist® members by strengthening the consumer capacity of Black, minority, and emerging target market segments that Realtists® serve. And by promoting the real estate industry
in general, utilizing economic, political, legal, and social leverage to remediate disparate and discriminatory housing and property ownership policies and practices prevailing in the United States.
NAREB® Vision Statement
The Realtist® Association will foster the expansion of inter-generational wealth creation by Black households through promotion and retention of elevating levels of real property ownership investments sustained by NAREB’s enduring commitment to preservation and fulfillment of the Realtist credo, ”Democracy in Housing.”
NAREB® Bronx Realtist Professionals Vision Statement
Our vision for (NAREB) Bronx Realist Professionals is to be the driving force behind positive change in the Bronx real estate landscape. We envision a future where equitable homeownership is accessible to all Bronx residents, real estate professionals from diverse backgrounds thrive, and our communities prosper through sustainable development and responsible housing practices.
Cheryl Williams
President
president@bronxrealtistprofessionalsnareb.org
Nancy Hite-Norde
Vice President
vp@bronxrealtistprofessionalsnareb.org
Priscilla C. Chang-Staley
Treasurer
treasurer@bronxrealtistprofessionalsnareb.org
Danielle Butler
Secretary
secretary@bronxrealtistprofessionalsnareb.org
Bronx Realtist Professionals
NAREB® History Brief
After World War II, the nation remained confronted with vestiges of deep-seated racial segregation that were becoming increasingly difficult impacted citizens to endure. During the postwar years, Black Americans’ aspirations for a better life in America were emerging. Black people were attaining gainful employment, and the Supreme Court had finally passed a ruling that restrictive covenants and private agreements to exclude specified races from the ownership and occupancy of real property in exclusively white neighborhoods were not enforceable under the law.
Like housing, schools were still segregated, a condition fallaciously justified under the “separate but equal” notion, But despite court rulings, discriminatory housing practices still prevailed as equal housing had not yet become reality. It was in this environment of abject racial discrimination that the soon to become “First Realtists” met in Tampa, Florida, on the sweltering night of July 29, 1947, and founded the National Association of Real Estate Brokers® (NAREB®). On that night, the Founders committed to the fulfillment of the principle, “Equal Housing Opportunity for All.”
From the past to the present, NAREB remains an association proud of its past, dedicated to its chosen struggle, and unrelenting in its pursuit of the REALTIST®’ mission/vision embedded goal, “Democracy in Housing.”