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PAREB-MANILA BOARD OF REALTORS,
INC.
THE FIRST REALTORS®
The First Realtors® of the Philippines
and of Asia built a monument for the real
estate industry. And beneath the sands, stones, slabs and sediments
of that edifice are their dreams. As its apex is a glimpse of
success. For those who dreamt and built it were great men whose
visions were too far!
The First Realtors® were born to the mother of industries
in the continent used to be connected by land bridges we now call Asia. They first saw the light in 1938 amidst
the uncertainties of times and husbanded themselves to the land of their
birth.
They were the first caretakers of a distinguished title
bequeathed by their big brothers, the Americans, and nurtured this name,
protected it from usurpers and pretenders, as they safeguard the land of
their birth.
Today, the First Realtors® have many sons and
daughters. They bear the name, but some have forgotten their noble
beginning. Even in their modest achievement, some would not pay
homage to their forebears-they, who made the ways for them to enjoy the blessings
of being ‘REALTORS®’.
Would they even care to know who these founders were?
Spread in various clans, some would even look down upon
others because they feel they are stronger than them. While this is
true even among families, this must be also be true in a society that does
little to cherish its beginning. That is why we see a world full of
trickery and broken dreams, of greed and hate among fellow men.
Remembering the glorious past is the most important
gesture, we REALTORS®, can do to honor the legacy of our forebears.
For by doing so, one reflects his true character.
And looking back…with tears…one reminisces their hardships
as they planted the seed and…
Realtorism was ushered in the Philippines with the
organization on November 7, 1938 of the Manila Realty Board, later
incorporated and renamed Manila Board of Realtors® in 1952 by REALTOR®
Colin McCrae Hoskins.
With Hoskins, the following constituted the nucleus of
the pioneer realty board: Jose Araneta, Federico Calero, Jose Felix,
Rosendo Subido, J. Perez de Tagle, and Tomas de Vera.
Subsequently, the Manila Board of Realtors was admitted
into the membership of the National Association of the Real Estate Boards
of America (NAREB), and was thereby authorized to license its members to
use the term REALTOR®, a service mark owned by NAREB and registered in the
United States Patent Office as Doc. Nos. 519780 and 515200, and in the
Philippines as Doc. No. 5385.
This humble beginning paved the way for the
organization of many other Realtors® Board when members of the founding
Board ushered the creation of what is now the Philippine Association of
Realtors®, Boards, Inc. (PAREB) to where we belong, from where even other
national realty associations such as the Real Estate Brokers Association of
the Philippines (REBAP), the NAR Philippines, and many more came from.
Remembering the past comes the obligation to honor the name
‘REALTOR®’. The choice of this title came not only from our founding
fathers, because even the United Nations to whom they have put their trust in
the making of a civilized world, have – time and again-recognized and
honored only the name REALTOR®. Nations around the world have done the same
and even enacted laws to strengthen its meaning.
Many who do not recognize this may have lost the grasp
of the real world. While short of demeaning themselves for renouncing a
noble name, they forfeit the chance of what the future have in store for
those who keep the tradition in the global community of Realtors®.
For the word REALTOR® is the sole title recognize
worldwide. And in today’s globalization, this title is the only link to
every country’s real estate service organization. The use of other
names does not usher recognition.
It is for these reasons that we honor the vision of our
First Realtors®.
This is the scenario they have seen when they adopted
the name 69 years ago. And so today, in deep gratitude to the
founding Realtors®, we, the siblings of the First Realtors®, hereby write
this epitaph to them:
“The days of the old only pass
but once. But once they walked this nations, this continent and
developed the land to its highest and best use. They saw it flourish
and it was good.
They ensured our success today
and even nurtured a bright future in the families of nations. Their
unselfish endeavor gave us a noble name - REALTOR® - which we owed so much
to them.
They, the First Realtors® in
the Philippines and in Asia, shall always remain in our hearts as we walk to
reap the harvest they had sown for us and the generations to come”
Having done so, we see our future REALTORS® looking back
and uttering the words we now speak in the language of the young and the
wise:
“We walk a mile, and found
nothing. Still another mile still nothing. And miles and miles, until
we see many things footprints of our Realtors® who for centuries have walked
this land, enshrined its meaning to what we call our home – and now our
abode, the only place, the FIRST – The Manila Board of Realtors, Inc..”
A SALUTE TO OUR BELOVED
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FOUNDERS
Macario
Arabejo
Rosendo O. Subido
Federico
Calero
J. Perez deTagle
Jose
Felix
Jose Araneta
Colin M.
Hoskins
Tomas de Vera
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INCORPORATORS
Lucio R.
Ildefonso
Rosendo O. Subido
Colin M.
Hoskins
Artemio U. Valencia
Federico
Calero
Antonio Varias
Teodoro Kalaw,
Jr. Tomas de Vera
Gervacio de
Ocampo, Jr.
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PAST
PRESIDENTS
Colin M. Hoskins
1938-1940
Hernando
D. Caluag
1976-1977
Jose
Araneta
1940-1941
Reynaldo N. Asuncion
1977-1978
Rosendo O. Subido
1943-44;1957-58 Felipe M.
Buencamino 1978-1980
Angel M. Tuazon
1945-1946
Antonio
H.
Calero 1980-1981
Tomas de Vera
1946-1951
Emmanuel G. Aguilar
1981-1982
Federico
Calero
1951-1953
Glenn
S.
Ascalon
1982-1983
Antonio Varias
1953-1955
Dennis
Montecillo 1983-1984
Marcelo S. Balatbat
1955-1957
Ernesto
Ambrosio 1984-1986
Teodoro M. Kalaw
1958-1960
Moises C.
Canayon 1986-1987
Artemio U. Valencia
1960-1962
Alejandro
Liu 1987-1988
Lucio R. Ildefonso
1962-1963
Teresita O.
Garin 1988-1990
Gabriel A. Ambrosio
1963-1964
Oliver A. Morales 1990-1991
Juan M. Crisostomo
1964-1965
Antonio S. Torres 1991-1992
Ramon F. Cuervo,Jr.
1965-1966
Jesus N. Nuqui 1992-1993
Ernesto G. Castañeda
1966-1967
Maximo C. Valerio 1993-1994
Narciso
Peña
1967-1968
Bienvinido G. de
Castro
1994-1995
Jose R.
Vera
1968-1969
Celestino G. Yokingco 1995-1996
Albert E.
Filamor
1969-1970
Ellen F. Torres 1996-1997
Jose M.
Balatbat
1970-1971
Andrew O. Nocon July 9-Dec.1997
Bernardo R. Lagniton
1971-1972
Cesar A. Arnaldo,
Jr. 1997-1998
Donnie J. Salvador
1972-1973
Pat R. Vince
Cruz 1998-1999
Rodolfo G. Valencia
1973-1974
Aurora T.
Dela Vega 1999-2000
Gedeon F. Benedicto
1974-1975
Jose L.
Bico 2000-2001
Ruben M. Tiosejo
1975-1976
Apolinario
A.Macalintal 2001-2002
Rosario R. Caranay
2002-2003 Salvador M. Zerrudo, Sr. January – June 2004
Adriana M.
Macavinta July-December 2004
Arturo J.
Briones
2005
Jacinto U.
Yu
2006
Elias
Ang
2007
The PAREB-Manila Board of Realtors®, Inc. as the FIRST REALTORS®’
Board in the country and in Asia, shall
have a very strong presence in the real estate globalization, with our
members ranking also the FIRST in every endeavor that Realtors® come into
play.
· First in the ethical practice
of our profession,
· First in the professional handling
of our clients,
· First in our relation with
fellow Realtors®, Real Estate Brokers and other realty practitioners, and
· First in our commitment to a
rewarding career and to a progressive Realtorism.
THE REALTOR®
The PAREB-Manila Board of Realtors®, Inc. shall
continue to uphold the meaning of the word REALTOR®, and shall always
endeavor to
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