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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.
Controls liability and protects access to your listing
Provides you with showing information and automatic feedback from showing appointments through the SentriKey mobile app
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?
Create your new listing in the MLS as usual.
On the new Lockbox tab, check the box for “Request a lockbox.”
You will receive an email confirmation from HiCentral MLS staff within 24 business hours of your request with further instructions.
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.
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.
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 contact:
MLS Client Care Team at 808-791-3789 or HBR Customer Service at 808-732-3000
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 schoolson 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.
>> 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:
To nominate and enter yourself or another HBR REALTOR® you know:
Applyonline:Submit the completed application, short essay, and documentation by April 30th.
Incomplete applications will not be eligible for judging.
Know someone who 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.
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.
Previous HBR Good Neighbor Award winners (1st, 2nd, and 3rd place) are not eligible to reapply in subsequent years.
About the Community Work
Some portion of the nominee’s community work must have occurred in the previous year (e.g., for the 2026 award, the volunteer service should have occurred in 2025). Judges will consider ongoing efforts outside that time frame demonstrating 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 registered as a 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 a short essay and documentation, and received by April 30 to be eligible for judging.
All applications are first vetted as meeting Rules & Criteria outlined for the award.
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 their personal contribution, and the broadness of their impact.
Information provided on the application is subject to verification.
Our HOPE program is geared to help locals stay here in Hawaii. Share our program flyer with locals looking to buy their first home -- your referral will allow them to receive the HBR courtesy discount for homebuyer education classes and coaching from HHOC for just $10.
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