The Honolulu Board of REALTORS® and HiCentral MLS office will be closed for the holiday on Friday, March 29.

How would you like to put up to an extra $500 to $5,000 in your client’s pockets? Well, now you can when you tell them about this special offer from Bank of Hawaii, Hawaii’s #1 residential lender. For a limited time only, Bank of Hawaii will take 0.50% off closing costs with any new mortgage or refinance from another bank.1 Just imagine what your clients could do with an extra $500 to $5,000 or more. Bank of Hawaii is Hawaii’s No. 1 residential lender, both for the number of residential loans recorded and the total dollars loaned in 2020.* For more information visit boh.com/loanofficers. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender. 

Disclosure:

1Actual discount is based on your loan amount. New mortgage application must be received by December 31, 2021. Subject to loan approval and closing. Loan must record by March 31, 2022. Excludes Construction to Permanent, and Adjustable Rate Mortgage loans. Additional restrictions may apply. Offer subject to change.

*#1 Residential Lender ranking is for total number of residential loans and total dollars made by a lender in the State of Hawaii in 2020. Information compiled by Title Guaranty derived from Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances tax data recorded information for 2020. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

 

QUICK LINKS: Benefits | How to | SentriKey App | Training & Support | Program Flyer

 

How this program benefits you

Using an MLS Bluetooth lockbox on your listings

  1. Increases security for the property
  2. Controls liability and protects access to your listing
  3. Provides you with showing information and automatic feedback from showing appointments through the SentriKey mobile app
  4. Saves you time and money because you don’t have to purchase a new lockbox or have to worry about storing, tracking, or maintaining your own lockbox

Project details

  • MLS subscribers/participants can request a Bluetooth lockbox to use on a new listing at no cost
  • Use of MLS lockbox based on availability -- we have 1,000 Bluetooth lockboxes in our inventory.
  • MLS subscribers/participants can use the MLS lockbox for the duration of their active listing.
  • When the listing closes (i.e. goes from “active” to “sold” status), the MLS lockbox is returned to HiCentral MLS and goes back into the loan pool.

Ready to request a lockbox?

  1. Create your new listing in the MLS as usual.
  2. On the new Lockbox tab, check the box for “Request a lockbox.”
  3. You will receive an email confirmation from HiCentral MLS staff within 24 business hours of your request with further instructions.
  4. Your assigned MLS Bluetooth Lockbox will be available for pick up at the HBR building (1136 12thAvenue, Honolulu, 96816) -or- from one of the participating member offices as instructed in your email confirmation.
  5. If an MLS Bluetooth lockbox is not available at the time of your request, you will be placed on a waitlist.

Who can participate in the lockbox project?

Full HiCentral MLS subscribers/participants who can make the request in their new listing are eligible to receive a lockbox at no cost.


Using SentriKey Mobile App


Need lockbox training or support?

Contact SentriLock Support at 1-877-736-8745 for training and operational lockbox support. SentriLock tech staff are available 7-days a week, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight Eastern Standard Time (3:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Hawaii Time).

For more information

If you have questions or need more information on this project, please call

Mahalo to every member and partner who donated to our Tech for Teachers campaign!

Your generosity helped us to quickly raise $47,000, which included HBR's $20,000 seed donation. This allowed us to gift tech items to 218 educators across 61 schools on O'ahu representing all Complex Areas and two schools on Moloka'i.


CONTRIBUTORS   

Adeline Ichino

Adeline Sueoka

Aileen Acosta

Allen Hanaike

Alyce Serikaku

Ann Noguchi

Ann Shinsato

Anne Keamo

Annie Lee

Barbie Hee

Berkshire Hathaway

Brandi Oshiro

Carol Iseri

Carol Marx

Catherine Matthews

Charlene Ikeda

Charlene Lee

Cherie H. Dang

Cherie Tsukamoto

Cherrieann Diaz

Chris Prendergast

Christina Nishiyama

Christopher Agena

Clarissa Mori

Coldwell Banker

Colleen Pang-Wong

Corelogic (Brian Young)

Cortney Nadig

Cynthia Murphy

 

Dale Bordner

Dale Nishikawa

Dale Titcomb

Darnell Souza

Darrell Takanishi

Darryl Macha

Dave Spinazza

Davelyn Tengan

Denise Miyahira

Diana Woo

Earl Mente

Elissa Dulce Mataele

Elizabeth Karimoto

Eren Look

Erin Evans

Frances Gendrano

Francine Villarmia-Kahawai

Fusayo Nagai

Gavin Hall

Gayle Ayakawa

Geena Ishikawa

Gina Overton

Heidi Maxwell

Helen M Y Y Tomiyasu

Helene Jersets

Jack Smyth

Jamie Apuna

Jason Nishikawa

Jenny Brady

 

Jerry E. Nishida

Jhon Pelayo

Joan Esperas

Joni Shiraishi

Jordon Wong

Joy Oda

Joycelyn Banas

Judith Sykes

Judith Tanouye

Judy Sobin

Juliana Simone

Julie Meier

Keller Williams

Kevin Inn

Kevin Nishikawa

Kinga Mills

Laura Lewis

Laurie Horita

Leona Soto

Leonora Uy

Leslie Young

Linda Dusty Woodstock

Lisa Nakamura

Location Foundation

Lorraine Fukumae

Luz Cristancho

Lydia Bishop

Mary Begier

Mary K Flood

 

Michael Nishizawa

Michelle Saito

Nancy Metcalf

Nativida Lived

Patti Nakagawa

Property Profiles

Remine (John Ferris)

Rhibecca Martin

Robert Cooper

Rona Shibuya

Ronald Sugihara

Russell Rasmussen

Ryan Kumabe

Shannon Among

Shannon Heaven

Sherry Yagin

Shirley Paned

Sunny Oshiro

Suzanne Nakano

Suzanne Young

Suzette Heely

Terry Yamamoto

Tricia Nekota

William Bondanza

William Loo

Yuehning Cheng

 

 

 

 


About our Tech for Teachers campaign

Who we helped:

As an association of REALTORS®, the welfare of our community, our friends, and our neighbors are extremely important to us. The Honolulu Board of REALTORS® (HBR) wants to help the hardworking educators on Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, who help our keiki continue to learn despite limited resources and the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Educators are doing so much to ensure that our keiki continue to learn during this pandemic. We want to help make their job a little easier so they can continue to nurture our most precious commodity -- the next generation of leaders and innovators.

How we helped:

HBR donated $20,000 to seed our Tech for Teachers campaign to support local teachers so they can help our keiki through distance learning. We received more than 200 great applications from teachers who were extremely appreciative for a chance to receive a tech package (valued at $300). 

We asked our members to collectively match this donation amount so that together we could help more teachers. We had 111 individual HBR members, firms, and partners step up and donate enough for us to surpass our fundraising goal and allowed us to provide something to everyone who applied.

Donations went towards the purchase of tech items based on the teacher's application. We were able to gift tech items to 218 educators across 63 different schools on O'ahu and Moloka'i representing all Complex Areas.

Teachers receive a tech package that includes a computer monitor, wireless headphones, and a document camera. For requested items not available in our tech package, teachers were provided with a Best Buy gift card for them to purchase what they needed. 

The items are presented to the teachers at each school from late February to mid-March 2021. 

 

Click for more information:

Tech for Teachers campaign pageTech for Teachers flyer | Questions

 

Please note that your donation is not tax-deductible.

Honolulu Board of REALTORS® Good Neighbor Awards Program

 

Quick links: Winners | About Good Neighbor AwardsRules & Criteria | APPLY: Online Form or PDF Form | Refer a Potential CandidateFAQ | Flyer

>> Applications are due by April 30th each year. Winners are announced at Summer GMM.

Hear from an HBR Good Neighbor Award Winner: Shannon Heaven, 2021 HBR President, chats with our 2022 HBR Good Neighbor Award winner Leona Soto. Hear how Leona's nonprofit is using the grant she won for Soroptimist International of Central Oahu and learn more about the application process in this short video!

ABOUT 

REALTORS® are community advocates and the Honolulu Board of REALTORS® Good Neighbor Awards celebrates local community champions within our board for their volunteer community service. Our goal through this award program is to illuminate, inspire, and perpetuate the individual contributions of our REALTORS® in the community.

A Good Neighbor gives his or her talents, money, and most importantly, their time to make an extraordinary impact on their community.

Three winners will be announced each June during HBR’s Summer GMM program and will receive a grant to be awarded to the non-profit/charity they are involved with:

  • 1st place: $2,500
  • 2nd place: $1,500
  • 3rd place: $1,000

      Nominees can also enter themselves in the National Association of REALTORS® Good Neighbor Awards.

HOW TO ENTER

To nominate and enter yourself or another HBR REALTOR® you know:

  • Submit the completed application, short essay, and documentation to [email protected] by April 30th.

Know someone that should enter?

  • If you know another REALTOR® who is active in community service and might be a good candidate for our Good Neighbor Award, please send us their information here.

RULES & CRITERIA

About the Nominee

  • Nominees must be a REALTOR® member of the Honolulu Board of REALTORS® in good standing.
  • Nominees must not have any ethics or regulatory violations within the last three years.
  • REALTORS® may nominate themselves or be nominated by someone else, such as another HBR member or the community organization they serve.
  • Nominees should have significantly contributed personal time (volunteer, unpaid hours) to a project. Contributions of money or other resources will be considered by the judges.
  • The award is intended to recognize individual contributions, not association- or company-wide efforts. If an individual can be singled out as instrumental to the success of a group effort, he or she is eligible.

About the Community Work

  • Some portion of the nominee’s community work must have taken place in the previous year (e.g., for the 2023 award, the volunteer service should have occurred in 2022). Judges will consider ongoing efforts outside that time frame that demonstrate a depth of commitment.
  • The program or project should help or improve the community. Those activities are not limited to real estate or housing issues.
  • The non-profit organizations/charities to be awarded the grant must be a registered Hawai'i 501(c)(3) in good standing to be eligible.
  • Nominees should be able to document the results of their individual involvement through testimonials and/or published reports from the organization they served or the people they helped. 

About Scoring and Judging

  • Nomination must be accompanied by a completed application form with short essay and documentation and received by March 31 to be eligible for judging. 
  • All applications will be evaluated by an independent panel of judges.
  • Nominees will be judged on his/her level of personal contribution, the impact of personal contribution, and the broadness of impact.
  • Information provided on the application is subject to verification.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

View our full FAQs here.

Got a question or need more information? Please email [email protected].


WINNERS

2023

Bruce Yanagihara, 1st Place

1st Place
Bruce Yanagihara
Nonprofit: Ronald McDonald House Charities Hawaii

Gavin Hall, 2nd Place

2nd Place
Gavin Hall
Nonprofit: Hawaii Cyber Lions Foundation

Valerie Sorensen, 3rd Place

3rd Place
Valerie Sorensen
Nonprofit: Coldwell Banker CARES Foundation

 

2022

Leona Soto, 1st Place

1st Place
Leona Soto
Nonprofit: Soroptimist International of Central Oahu

Abe Lee, 2nd Place

2nd Place
Abe Lee
Nonprofit: Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii

Heidi Ho, 3rd Place

3rd Place
Heidi Ho
Nonprofit: Oahu RC&D for Windward Zero Waste School Hui

 

2021

Suzanne Nakano, 1st Place

1st Place
Suzanne A. Nakano
Nonprofit: Hawaii Christian Foundation

Fukuyuki Puckett, 2nd Place

2nd Place
Fukuyuki Puckett
Nonprofit: American Youth Soccer Association

Jewell Tuitele, 3rd Place

3rd Place
Jewell K. Tuitele
Nonprofit: Angel Network Charities, Inc.

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