Realtors® of the Palm Beaches and Greater Fort Lauderdale Awarded Business of the Year
At the 34th Annual Business and Industry Awards, the Realtors® of the Palm Beaches and Greater Fort Lauderdale won the Business of the Year Award in the Real Estate Category. The awards ceremony was hosted on September 26, 2018 by the St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce and recognized the best businesses and industry leaders in St. Lucie County.
Newly Merged Associations Continue to Raise the Bar With Achievements & Milestones
The Realtors® Association of the Palm Beaches (RAPB) and Greater Fort Lauderdale Realtors® (GFLR), were recently honored by the WAV Group with the first WAVes of Change Award. The award was created by the leading real estate business and communications consulting firm to honor those that have made bold new moves to create positive waves of change in the industry.
Vote Passed to Merge
Union with Greater Fort Lauderdale Realtors® Creates One of the Largest Mergers in History
The Realtors® Association of the Palm Beaches (RAPB) has announced the member vote passed for the merger with the Greater Fort Lauderdale Realtors® (GFLR). This merger will form the third largest local Realtor® association in the nation becoming the Realtors® of the Palm Beaches and Greater Fort Lauderdale. According to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), this is the first local association merger of 2017.
“With a 99% passing rate, as well as the highest voter participation in the history of the RAPB, our members turned out in record numbers to vote in support of the merger”. said Dionna Hall, Chief Executive Officer of RAPB. Hall will be installed as the CEO of the merged Association and MLS.
One of the Nation's Top MLSs in the Works
The Realtors of the Palm Beaches and Greater Fort Lauderdale will offer local governance, increased services to agents.
Key Takeaways
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As Realtor association CEO retires, merger talks come to life to offer agents and brokers economies of scale.
Two local Florida Realtor associations are merging to form the third-largest Realtor association and one of the largest MLSs in the country.
The boards of directors of the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches (RAPB) and Greater Fort Lauderdale Realtors (GFLR) have unanimously voted to merge to become the Realtors of the Palm Beaches and Greater Fort Lauderdale, which will have more than 25,000 agent, broker and appraiser members.