History
History represents our journey to the present. What we have learned along the way becomes a stepping stone to what may come and marks our progress in building a better and greater future for our Association.
Timeline
- 1904 – our organization began as the Buffalo Real Estate Board
- 1907 – Written rules and regulations and uniform rates of commissions formed
- 1912 – became chartered with the National Association of Realtors®
- 1935 – became incorporated
- 1954 – the Multiple Listing System was introduced
- 1955 – used the Multiple Listing card system
- 1957 – became the Greater Buffalo Board of Realtors®
- 1974-1996 – used a Multiple Listing Book
- 1974-1996 – used Comparable Books
- 1980’s – interest rates on mortgages rose to 19% and adjustable rate mortgages were introduced
- 1982 – computerized the Multiple Listing System
- 1989 – our first Agents’ Day
- 1990 – name changed to the Greater Buffalo Association of Realtors®
- 1994 – Multiple Listing Service Sold
- 1995 – WNY Real Estate Information Services LLC formed
- 2000 – name changed to the Buffalo Niagara Association of Realtors®
- 2002 – electronic proxy voting established
- 2004 – BNAR celebrates their 100th anniversary
- 2009 – acquired the Niagara Frontier Association of REALTORS®
- 2011 – acquired the Genesee Valley Board of REALTORS®
Awards
- REALTOR® of the Year
- REALTOR-ASSOCIATES® of the Year
- Buffalo Award Winners
- REALTOR® Emeritus
- Genesee Valley Board REALTOR® of the Year
- Genesee Valley Board REALTOR-ASSOCIATES® of the Year
Past Presidents
![2023](../../img/gallery/36370D/225303D.png)
Rosalind Burgin
2023
![2022](../../img/gallery/36370D/127006D.jpg)
Joel HusVar
2022
![2021](../../img/gallery/36370D/36371D.jpg)
Amber Wesser
2021
![2020](../../img/gallery/36370D/36372D.jpg)
Donna Littlefield
2020
![2019](../../img/gallery/36370D/41375D.jpg)
Eric Winklhofer
2019
![2018](../../img/gallery/36370D/41376D.jpg)
Rebecca VanDorn
2018
![2017](../../img/gallery/36370D/41377D.jpg)
Dawn Brown
2017
![2016](../../img/gallery/36370D/41378D.jpg)
Sharon Ciminelli
2016
![2015](../../img/gallery/36370D/41379D.jpg)
Joe Rivellino
2015
![2014](../../img/gallery/36370D/41380D.jpg)
Christie Rothschild
2014
![2013](../../img/gallery/36370D/41381D.jpg)
Louis Vinci
2013
![2012](../../img/gallery/36370D/41382D.jpg)
Amy Winklhofer
2012
![2011](../../img/gallery/36370D/41383D.jpg)
Alice Miranda
2011
![2010](../../img/gallery/36370D/41384D.jpg)
Bobbie Kagle
2010
![2009](../../img/gallery/36370D/41385D.jpg)
Mike Johnson
2009
![2008](../../img/gallery/36370D/41386D.jpg)
Jim Knight
2008
![2007](../../img/gallery/36370D/41387D.jpg)
Pat Taylor
2007
![2006](../../img/gallery/36370D/41388D.jpg)
miriam treger honig
2006
![2005](../../img/gallery/36370D/41389D.jpg)
Victor Peterson
2005
![2004](../../img/gallery/36370D/41390D.jpg)
Charlene Zoratti
2004
![2003](../../img/gallery/36370D/41391D.jpg)
Phil Aquila
2003
![2002](../../img/gallery/36370D/41392D.jpg)
Bill Curtin
2002
![2001](../../img/gallery/36370D/41393D.jpg)
Mike Mcdonough
2001
![2000](../../img/gallery/36370D/41394D.jpg)
Bill Horohoe
2000
![1999](../../img/gallery/36370D/41395D.jpg)
Scott Pytlak
1999
![1998](../../img/gallery/36370D/41396D.jpg)
Tom Hollander
1998
![1997](../../img/gallery/36370D/41397D.jpg)
Margaret B Kownaski
1997
![1996](../../img/gallery/36370D/41398D.jpg)
John Mccarthy
1996
![1995](../../img/gallery/36370D/41399D.jpg)
Marlene Vacanti Decarlo
1995
![1994](../../img/gallery/36370D/41400D.jpg)
Margaret Hartman
1994
![1993](../../img/gallery/36370D/41401D.jpg)
Hugh Hartzberg
1993
![1992](../../img/gallery/36370D/41402D.jpg)
Gary Kenline
1992
![1991](../../img/gallery/36370D/41403D.jpg)
Sandra Lee Wirth
1991
![1990](../../img/gallery/36370D/41404D.jpg)
Mary Ann Kustich
1990
![1989](../../img/gallery/36370D/41405D.jpg)
Tom Blaine
1989
![1988](../../img/gallery/36370D/41406D.jpg)
John Riordan
1988
![1987](../../img/gallery/36370D/41407D.jpg)
Richard H. Batt
1987
![1986](../../img/gallery/36370D/41408D.jpg)
Bill Page
1986
![1985](../../img/gallery/36370D/41409D.jpg)
James Webb
1985
![1984](../../img/gallery/36370D/41410D.jpg)
Victor L Peterson
1984
![1983](../../img/gallery/36370D/41411D.jpg)
Robert Winklhofer
1983
![1982](../../img/gallery/36370D/41412D.jpg)
Joseph Whittington
1982
![1981](../../img/gallery/36370D/41413D.jpg)
Joseph Borzillieri
1981
![1980](../../img/gallery/36370D/41414D.jpg)
Tom Miller
1980
![1979](../../img/gallery/36370D/41415D.jpg)
Robert Cowles
1979
![1978](../../img/gallery/36370D/41416D.jpg)
Paul Holmes
1978
![1977](../../img/gallery/36370D/41417D.jpg)
Thomas Doran
1977
![1976](../../img/gallery/36370D/41418D.jpg)
F Donald Herman
1976
![1975](../../img/gallery/36370D/41419D.jpg)
Fred Sommerefelt
1975
![1974](../../img/gallery/36370D/41420D.jpg)
Al Rustein
1974
![1973](../../img/gallery/36370D/41421D.jpg)
Arthur Lewin
1973
![1972](../../img/gallery/36370D/41422D.jpg)
Paul Robshaw
1972
![1971](../../img/gallery/36370D/41423D.jpg)
Bill Lester
1971
![1970](../../img/gallery/36370D/41424D.jpg)
Mort Stovroff
1970
![1969](../../img/gallery/36370D/41425D.jpg)
Charles Deckop Jr
1969
![1968](../../img/gallery/36370D/41426D.jpg)
Jerome Goldstein
1968
![1967](../../img/gallery/36370D/41427D.jpg)
Robert Montgomery
1967
![1966](../../img/gallery/36370D/41428D.jpg)
Bernard Meyer
1966
![1965](../../img/gallery/36370D/41429D.jpg)
Milt Kader
1965
![1964](../../img/gallery/36370D/41430D.jpg)
James Oppenheimer
1964
![1963](../../img/gallery/36370D/41431D.jpg)
Thomas Barone
1963
![1962](../../img/gallery/36370D/41432D.jpg)
C Stuart Hunt
1962
![1960 - 1961](../../img/gallery/36370D/41433D.jpg)
Leo Goodyear
1960 - 1961
![1959](../../img/gallery/36370D/41434D.jpg)
Thomas Donovan
1959
![1958](../../img/gallery/36370D/41435D.jpg)
Marie Keefe
1958
![1957](../../img/gallery/36370D/41436D.jpg)
Harold Baker
1957
![1956](../../img/gallery/36370D/41437D.jpg)
Richard Morris
1956
![1954 - 1955](../../img/gallery/36370D/41438D.jpg)
John Bryan
1954 - 1955
![1953](../../img/gallery/36370D/41439D.jpg)
Clarence Ward Jr
1953
![1951 - 1952](../../img/gallery/36370D/41440D.jpg)
Robert Hopkins
1951 - 1952
![1950](../../img/gallery/36370D/41441D.jpg)
Thomas Willis
1950
![1949](../../img/gallery/36370D/41442D.jpg)
Bryon Erb
1949
![1948](../../img/gallery/36370D/41443D.jpg)
William Wells
1948
![1947](../../img/gallery/36370D/41444D.jpg)
Fred Sommerfelt
1947
![1946](../../img/gallery/36370D/41445D.jpg)
Lee Norton
1946
![1945](../../img/gallery/36370D/41446D.jpg)
Bele Neubauer
1945
![1943 - 1944](../../img/gallery/36370D/41447D.jpg)
Horance Carpenter
1943 - 1944
![1942](../../img/gallery/36370D/41448D.jpg)
Robert Campbell
1942
![1941](../../img/gallery/36370D/41449D.jpg)
Jacob Gangnagel
1941
![1940](../../img/gallery/36370D/41450D.jpg)
Lewis Mitchell
1940
![1939](../../img/gallery/36370D/41451D.jpg)
Carlton Cooke
1939
![1938](../../img/gallery/36370D/41452D.jpg)
J Bennett Wood
1938
![1937](../../img/gallery/36370D/41453D.jpg)
William Gurney
1937
![1936](../../img/gallery/36370D/41454D.jpg)
John Hoyt
1936
![1935](../../img/gallery/36370D/41455D.jpg)
Adrian Smith
1935
![1933 - 1934](../../img/gallery/36370D/41456D.jpg)
C Breckenridge Porter
1933 - 1934
![1932](../../img/gallery/36370D/41457D.jpg)
Dexter Rumsey
1932
![1930 - 1931](../../img/gallery/36370D/41458D.jpg)
Lewis Mitchell
1930 - 1931
![1929](../../img/gallery/36370D/41459D.jpg)
J Joseph Leary
1929
![1928](../../img/gallery/36370D/41460D.jpg)
Pervical Bowen
1928
![1927](../../img/gallery/36370D/41461D.jpg)
Legrand Robson
1927
![1926](../../img/gallery/36370D/41462D.jpg)
Adam Comack
1926
![1925](../../img/gallery/36370D/41463D.jpg)
Walter Cohn
1925
![1924](../../img/gallery/36370D/41464D.jpg)
Arthur Sour
1924
![1923](../../img/gallery/36370D/41465D.jpg)
Charles L. Gurney
1923
![1921 - 1922](../../img/gallery/36370D/41466D.jpg)
William Kunzie
1921 - 1922
![1919 - 1920](../../img/gallery/36370D/41467D.jpg)
Albert Kinsey
1919 - 1920
![1917 - 1918](../../img/gallery/36370D/41468D.jpg)
Frank Danforth
1917 - 1918
![1915 - 1916](../../img/gallery/36370D/41469D.jpg)
Charles Kilhoffer
1915 - 1916
![1914](../../img/gallery/36370D/41470D.jpg)
Louis Simpson
1914
![1912 - 1913](../../img/gallery/36370D/41471D.jpg)
William Atwater
1912 - 1913
![1911](../../img/gallery/36370D/41472D.jpg)
Charles Warner
1911
![1909 - 1910](../../img/gallery/36370D/41473D.jpg)
John Squires
1909 - 1910
![1906 - 1908](../../img/gallery/36370D/41474D.jpg)
Fenton Parke
1906 - 1908
![1905](../../img/gallery/36370D/41475D.jpg)
Howard Winship
1905
![1904](../../img/gallery/36370D/41476D.jpg)
Richard Goode
1904