About Us
The Leadership Team welcomes you to the Women's Council of REALTORS
® East Bay Chapter. We provide support, training, and networking events for real estate professionals throughout the East Bay.
History of WCR
In 1924, the California Real Estate Association formed a Women's Division after members founded the idea on a train ride home from the National Association's convention in Washington, D.C.
Fourteen years later, Joseph Catherine, the 1938 president of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
® (then called the National Association of Real Estate Boards) encouraged the formation of the Women's Council after being impressed by the California group and the immense potential of women in real estate.
At the time, NAR was already 30 years old and most decisions were still made at the Local Board level. Unfortunately, most Local Boards were still resistant to women. However, the National Association was ready to recognize women in real estate and a positive vote resulted in the formation of a women's division at the Annual Convention held in Milwaukee in November of 1938. Thirty-seven ambitious women represented nine states at that meeting and WCR's inception.
Through the decades, WCR's membership growth reflected the vast number of women choosing a career in real estate. Women began to recognize the immense benefits of careers in real estate combined with a WCR membership, including:
- Salaries equitable to men's since "commission is commission".
- Flexible work schedules allowing REALTORS® the ability to raise a family and have a career instead of choosing one or the other.
- A support system of women in the same field garnering many friendships, networking capabilities and referrals.
- Gaining confidence through association with other professional women REALTORS®.
- Recognition for their own achievements and success as well as inspiration and courage to strive for greater successes.
Today, with more than 300 Chapters and 16,000 members, WCR is the 12th largest U.S. Women's professional organization and has one of the most successful communication networks in the NAR family. Chapters include men and women who support the objectives of WCR and are interested in serving the industry, the community and fellow REALTORS
®.
The Women's Council of REALTORS® Mission/Vision/Long Term Goals
Mission
We are a community of real estate professionals creating business opportunities, developing skills for the future and achieving our individual potential for success.
Our Vision
The Women's Council of REALTORS
® will be the premier organization for individual achievement.
Our Long-Term Goals
- To be a catalyst for individual growth and achievement through chapters that are positioned as the business resource in their REALTOR® communities.
- To be an important source of information, education and business contacts that REALTORS® need to develop relevant skills and professional credibility in a changing business environment.
- To be a network of strong, active chapters that deliver significant value for the time and talent members contribute.
- To be a trusted support system for an increasingly diverse profession.
- To be a strong, viable organization with the human and financial resources and flexible structure needed to take advantage of opportunities in a changing environment.
Operating Values
Community
We are a family of real estate professionals, unique in our focus both on business and personal development. Through participation in WCR, we encounter a support network, ready and willing to help us achieve our individual potential for success.
The Power of Relationships
We believe that success in business today requires positive, productive relationships. WCR provides an environment in which we can form, nurture and maximize relationships at many levels, from bottom-line business transactions to ongoing mentoring for career development. As WCR members, we share freely of our time, talent and experience because we know it will come back to us many times over.
Professional Credibility
WCR membership is a sign of credibility. We are established career professionals. We operate based on a shared value system of integrity, consistency, creativity, compassion and a commitment to excellence and continued development. We believe that these are the skills and qualities that will advance the real estate profession.
Participation
We believe that participation increases membership value. We believe that WCR members who get involved build stronger relationships, and gain information, new skills and ideas by applying what is learned. Participation is the opportunity to contribute to change, and to be changed, personally and professionally.
Inclusiveness
We believe that the membership experience is enriched through the celebration and encouragement of our differences in background, experience, perspective and opinion. At the same time, the strength of the organization lies in what unites us all our shared values.
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