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NAR president Kevin Sears fired up the REALTOR® faithful on Friday with the same energy that he's brought to real estate's brutal year: humble real talk, fueled with a cup of location-appropriate Dunkin.
"We've gone through some years of change, some legal challenges and one of, if not the largest, industry shifts of our lives if not ever," Sears said, acknowledging some tough realities during the opening session of NAR NXT 2024, the trade association's annual gathering of its members.
"While there may be many challenges in front of us, I don't want to turn the page on this chapter without recognizing the resiliency, the effort and the hard work that so many of us have put in," Sears said.
"We protect consumers," he said. And he said it again, and again. And will no doubt say it more as his extended term continues through 2025.
The National Association of REALTORS® was created "with the goal of making ownership simpler and safer," Sears said. That was the language from day one, he said. That is the message that he and others "have delivered to the Department of Justice, how we are here to protect the consumer."