SVBR REALTOR® of the Year Nominations Now Open

The annual REALTOR® of the Year Award is one of the highest honors presented by the association, recognizing a REALTOR® who demonstrates outstanding service to the profession, their community, and the REALTOR® organization.

This award celebrates leadership, professionalism, volunteerism, and a strong commitment to advancing the real estate industry and protecting the interests of property owners.

Please submit your nominations by July 31, 2026.

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Eligibility Criteria

  1. Nominees must be members of VAR in good standing.
  2. Nominees should have contributed to a program that improves the livability of a local community. Those activities aren’t limited to real estate or housing issues, and may include such things as crime prevention, youth mentoring, and homelessness prevention.
  3. Nominees should have made a significant contribution of personal time, but contributions of money, materials, or other resources will be considered by the judges as well.
  4. Nominees will be judged on level of personal contribution, impact of personal contribution, broadness of impact, and the project’s suitability as a role model for other REALTORS®
  5. The award is intended to recognize individual contributions, not association- or company-wide efforts. However, if an individual within your company can be singled out as instrumental to the success of a group effort, he or she is eligible. If the achievements of two people (such as a married couple or co-founders of an organization) absolutely cannot be separated, they can enter as a pair and their entry will be considered as one.
  6. Some portion of the nominee’s community work must have taken place between January 2025 and December 2025, but judges will also consider ongoing efforts outside that time frame that demonstrate a depth of commitment.
  7. Nominees should be able to document the results of their individual involvement though published reports and/or testimonials from the organization they served or the people they helped.
  8. Nominations must be accompanied by a completed entry form to be considered (REALTORS® may nominate themselves or may be nominated by another VR member, a state or local association, or the community organization they served).