| The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® is the world's
largest professional association. 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.
Founded in 1908, NAR has grown from its original
nucleus of 120 to today's 720,000 members. NAR is
composed REALTORS® who are involved in residential and
commercial real estate as 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 1,700 local
associations/boards and 54 state and territory
associations of REALTORS®. They can join one of many
institutes, societies and councils. REALTORS® are
pledged to a strict Code of Ethics and Standards of
Practice.
The NAR 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. |
