Kevin Sears’ Legacy: NAR Celebrates Outgoing President

Outgoing NAR President Kevin Sears celebrated for leadership & contributions. Wright shares Sears' impact. RPAC fundraising success. Membership dues steady. Sears receives standing ovations.

Maybe one of the most moving homage originated from NAR CEO Nykia Wright. When sharing her experience of coming into her role at the organization as an outsider, Wright claimed Sears’ words of encouragement and advice assisted her survive the first year.

Nykia Wright’s Homage to Kevin Sears

Campaigning for: In a record upgrading members about the Realtors Political Activity Committee fundraising, Celebration Director Zeke Morris said that since the end of October, $38.97 million had been raised this year, which is 86% of RPAC’s $45.5 million objective.

RPAC Fundraising Update

“Individuals will correctly remember [Sears] for aiding ward off insolvency, taking care of the negotiation choice, handling the improvement of the member experience, stabilizing 2 spending plans, obtaining the calculated plan passed to lead us right into the following 3 years and past, and so forth,” Wright stated in her address.

Fees and subscription: NAR Treasurer Craig Sanford kept in mind that yearly membership dues would certainly, once again, continue to be at $156 for 2026, and the association was making use of a baseline of 1.2 million participants to identify its spending plan– well below its current member matter of 1.491 million. He predicted a reduction of $41 million in costs for 2026.

Membership and Fees for 2026

In an easy going presentation of appreciation, target market members evaluated the push-voting system by indicating whether Kevin Sears was worthy of a holiday (they overwhelmingly voted “yes”). The more than 2,000 members present likewise offered many standing ovations to Sears and others throughout the meeting, which lasted about 90 minutes.

“Kevin made the lots less complicated to carry, and I will certainly for life be grateful for his management and collaboration. He’s an amazing man and resident and I am happy to have had him in addition to me on this trip.”

While a number of the members who spoke ahead of the vote claimed they favored greater transparency, they also revealed worry that the reference fee proposition was being hurried with and could lead to unintentional repercussions.

Farewell to Kevin Sears

HOUSTON– As outbound National Organization of Realtors’ President Kevin Sears presided over his final Board of Supervisors fulfilling on Nov. 17, a sense of accomplishment, alleviation and thankfulness appeared to permeate the room.