History

The Sunapee Region Board of REALTORS® was founded in 1963, with William Cronin of Sunapee as its first Chairman.

REALTORS® from Claremont, Newport, New London, Sutton and Bradford made up what was known as the Sunapee Region Real Estate Association. A Bylaws Committee was elected and included members Brad White of White & White and Ernest Stewart, founder of Stewart Agency Realtors in Bradford.

As it is today, the Board was associated with the New Hampshire Association of REALTORS® and invited the President of NHAR at the time, Charles Gray of Portsmouth, to attend the first meeting. The Board was also associated with the National Association of REALTORS® and shared the goal of providing real estate agents with a code of ethics designed to maintain high standards of business conduct for the mutual benefit of the REALTORS® and the property owner.

In 1971, the Sunapee Region Board of REALTORS® forged out on its own covering 13 towns surrounding scenic Lake Sunapee, as follows: Bradford, Croydon, Goshen, Grantham, Lempster, Newbury, New London, Newport, Springfield, Sunapee, Sutton, Washington, and Wilmot.

Objectives

• To unite those engaged in the recognized branches of the real estate profession for the purpose of exerting a beneficial influence upon the profession and related interests;



• To promote and maintain high standards of conduct in the real estate profession as expressed in the Code of Ethics of the National Association of REALTORS®;



• To provide a unified medium for real estate owners and those engaged in the real estate profession whereby their interests may be safeguarded and advanced;



• To unite those engaged in the real estate profession in this community with the New Hampshire Association of REALTORS®, and the National Association of REALTORS®, thereby furthering their own objectives throughout the state and nation, and obtaining the benefits and privileges of membership therein;



• To designate, for the benefit of the public, individuals authorized to use the term REALTOR® and REALTORS® as licensed, prescribed, and controlled by the National Association of REALTORS®.