Message from your 2025 GPBOR President Ashley Almeida | |
NAR has released NEW consumer resource guides that you can find at facts.realtor.
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NAR releases their 2025 member profile
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2026 REALTOR® Dues
We appreciate your membership and support and wanted to reshare last month’s advance notice that the 2026 dues renewal invoices will be posted on the GPBOR member portal in early September. You can expect further instructions to come from info@gprealtors.org then.
For your protection, know that the Board does not accept wires, and will never ask for your banking information, nor do we retain credit cards on file. Members will have to login to the GPBOR member portal in order to self-renew. GPBOR’s local dues will be $235 (a $10 increase year over year). The National Association’s total will remain at $201 and the RI Association of REALTORS® recently announced that their REALTOR® dues were increasing from $196.50 to $230 (first increase in 13 years).
Click here to discover 10 GPBOR Member Benefits
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9/1: Board office closed, Labor Day
9/10: Annual Meeting & Lunch, Squantum Association
9/11: REALTOR® Code of Ethics class (in person)
9/12: Fair Housing class (Zoom)
9/17: Sales Pre-licensing class begins
9/24: Broker Power Hour Watch & Lunch at GPBOR office (details coming soon)
9/30: Multicultural Real Estate Networking Event, Sharks
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2025 Code of Ethics
At its June meeting, the NAR Board of Directors revised the REALTOR® Code of Ethics. This is now the most up-to-date copy of the REALTOR® Code of Ethics. You can also access the Code of Ethics in other languages here.
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Real Estate conveyance taxes to increase 10/1
Section 10 of the State of Rhode Island’s newly adopted budget includes a 63% increase in the real estate conveyance tax for purchases of real estate or the interest in an acquired real estate company that closes 10/1/25 or after. Even if a purchase and sales agreement is signed before October 1st, the closing date is what triggers the tax. As of 10/1/25, on sales up to $800,000, a first-tier amount of $3.75/500 will be assessed to the seller. This rate is increasing from $2.30/500. For sales over $800,000, a $7.50/500 tax on the amount over $800,000 will be added to the first-tier amount.
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QUESTION OF THE MONTH Can the REALTOR® Association suspend or revoke someone’s RI real estate license?
Answer: No. Only the RI Department of Business Regulation’s Real Estate Division can do this following a due process procedure and hearing on the matter. You can view the State of RI statute on this subject here.
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2025 Circle of Sales Guidelines Now Available
We wanted to reshare last month's advance notice that the 2025 Circle of Sales guidelines, application, and other information have now been posted on our website. Deadline to file is 2/13/2026. Take the time now to check out the guidelines and complete any necessary Non-RI MLS sales verification letters with clients on your sales as they are occurring throughout this year.
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REALTOR® of the Year Task Force
GPBOR announces that John F. Dolan, III, Broker/Owner of Dolan O’Rourke Real Estate Services in Cumberland, RI, has been honored as its 2025 REALTOR® of the Year. This prestigious award honors a member who exemplifies outstanding commitment to the real estate industry, unwavering adherence to the REALTOR® Code of Ethics, and a deep dedication to community service. Join us in congratulating John on this well-deserved recognition at our GPBOR Annual Meeting on 9/10.
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2026 Committee and Task Force Sign-Ups
Sign-ups for 2026 committees and task forces will be open from 9/22/25 – 10/22/25. More information coming soon to your email inbox.
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Three levels of support. One unbeatable advantage.
Your success is powered by a dynamic support system—from local connections driving your daily real estate business to state resources expanding your reach to national advocacy helping to protect your future—all unified through NAR’s comprehensive network. See how NAR supports you at nar.realtor/membership
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New Member Orientation
Our next new member orientation program will be held on 10/7 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm in person at the Board office in Cranston. If you have joined us within the last 120 days and have not yet attended this, contact Christine Bristol.
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Know someone interested in a career in real estate?
The next Sales Pre-Licensing Course (#PLGP30) at the GPBOR office in Cranston, starts September 17. This 45-hour, in-person program is offered in cooperation with the RI Association of REALTORS®. Registration link. The course is designed to successfully prepare you to take the RI Real Estate Salesperson’s examination.
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Member Survey
Thanks to those that have completed our July member survey and congratulations to Leslie Heller, the lucky winner of the $50 VISA gift card
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Summer Member Giveaway!
Our Summer Surprise giveaway has just concluded. Each Wednesday, we gave away a $25 gift card to one lucky member selected at random. Our August winners were: Frank Simonelli, John (Jay) Shaw, Tony Charchafliah, and Tony Jones.
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119th Annual Meeting - Tickets Available
On 9/10, we will vote on the proposed 2026 Slate of Officers and Directors, present the REALTOR® Emeritus award to Vicki Doran and the REALTOR® of the Year award to John Dolan, III. We’ll also recognize these members celebrating membership milestones: Sally Lapides (50) years; and 40 years: JoAnn Carlton, Janet Fromm, Bob Hollands, Ed Kazarian, Susan Shore, Phil Tirrell and Richard Zompa. Tickets available here.
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This Month in GPBOR History August 1975
As we celebrate Sally Lapides’ 50th year as a member at our Annual Meeting, we thought we’d look back at what the Rhode Island real estate market looked like in 1975—the very year she joined GPBOR!
- Median sales price: $32,000
- Total MLS sales volume (mid-July 1975): $50.3 million (down 12% from the year before)
- Interest rates: 9 – 9¼% at banks, and 8½ – 9¼% at savings & loan associations
Quite the contrast to today’s market, but proof that REALTORS® have always adapted and thrived through changing times.
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Tickets now on sale for our 9/30 Cultural Connections at Sharks
GPBOR invites you to this event to be co-hosted with the RI Women’s Council of REALTORS®, RI Young Professionals Network, NAHREP-Providence and the Northern RI Board of REALTORS® on 9/30 from 5:30 – 8 pm at Sharks Peruvian Restaurant, Central Falls. Tickets available here.
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Final Call - Help Support our Rhode Island Charities!
The Foundation’s annual fundraising campaign is concluding this month. Members, friends, neighbors, and industry supporters may make donations through this link. Individual and corporate donations accepted, and donors will be recognized on social media and at our 9/10 annual meeting.
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| | Obligations of REALTOR® Members (Article VII, Section 2): It shall be the duty & responsibility of every REALTOR® member to safeguard & promote the standards, interests, & welfare of the association & the real estate profession, & to protect against conduct that may cause a lack of public confidence in the real estate profession or in REALTORS®. REALTOR® members must abide by the governing documents & policies of the association, the State Association, & the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®…..Every REALTOR® member shall maintain a high level of integrity and adhere to the association’s membership criteria. Any violent act or threat of violence to person or property, hateful conduct, or acts of moral turpitude impacting the public shall not be tolerated & may be cause for disciplinary action, up to & including termination of membership. | | | | |
