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
Rosalind Burgin
2023
Joel HusVar
2022
Amber Wesser
2021
Donna Littlefield
2020
Eric Winklhofer
2019
Rebecca VanDorn
2018
Dawn Brown
2017
Sharon Ciminelli
2016
Joe Rivellino
2015
Christie Rothschild
2014
Louis Vinci
2013
Amy Winklhofer
2012
Alice Miranda
2011
Bobbie Kagle
2010
Mike Johnson
2009
Jim Knight
2008
Pat Taylor
2007
miriam treger honig
2006
Victor Peterson
2005
Charlene Zoratti
2004
Phil Aquila
2003
Bill Curtin
2002
Mike Mcdonough
2001
Bill Horohoe
2000
Scott Pytlak
1999
Tom Hollander
1998
Margaret B Kownaski
1997
John Mccarthy
1996
Marlene Vacanti Decarlo
1995
Margaret Hartman
1994
Hugh Hartzberg
1993
Gary Kenline
1992
Sandra Lee Wirth
1991
Mary Ann Kustich
1990
Tom Blaine
1989
John Riordan
1988
Richard H. Batt
1987
Bill Page
1986
James Webb
1985
Victor L Peterson
1984
Robert Winklhofer
1983
Joseph Whittington
1982
Joseph Borzillieri
1981
Tom Miller
1980
Robert Cowles
1979
Paul Holmes
1978
Thomas Doran
1977
F Donald Herman
1976
Fred Sommerefelt
1975
Al Rustein
1974
Arthur Lewin
1973
Paul Robshaw
1972
Bill Lester
1971
Mort Stovroff
1970
Charles Deckop Jr
1969
Jerome Goldstein
1968
Robert Montgomery
1967
Bernard Meyer
1966
Milt Kader
1965
James Oppenheimer
1964
Thomas Barone
1963
C Stuart Hunt
1962
Leo Goodyear
1960 - 1961
Thomas Donovan
1959
Marie Keefe
1958
Harold Baker
1957
Richard Morris
1956
John Bryan
1954 - 1955
Clarence Ward Jr
1953
Robert Hopkins
1951 - 1952
Thomas Willis
1950
Bryon Erb
1949
William Wells
1948
Fred Sommerfelt
1947
Lee Norton
1946
Bele Neubauer
1945
Horance Carpenter
1943 - 1944
Robert Campbell
1942
Jacob Gangnagel
1941
Lewis Mitchell
1940
Carlton Cooke
1939
J Bennett Wood
1938
William Gurney
1937
John Hoyt
1936
Adrian Smith
1935
C Breckenridge Porter
1933 - 1934
Dexter Rumsey
1932
Lewis Mitchell
1930 - 1931
J Joseph Leary
1929
Pervical Bowen
1928
Legrand Robson
1927
Adam Comack
1926
Walter Cohn
1925
Arthur Sour
1924
Charles L. Gurney
1923
William Kunzie
1921 - 1922
Albert Kinsey
1919 - 1920
Frank Danforth
1917 - 1918
Charles Kilhoffer
1915 - 1916
Louis Simpson
1914
William Atwater
1912 - 1913
Charles Warner
1911
John Squires
1909 - 1910
Fenton Parke
1906 - 1908
Howard Winship
1905
Richard Goode
1904