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Talia Soglin | Chicago Tribune
National Association of Realtors President Tracy Kasper has resigned, the latest in a string of leadership changes at the embattled Chicago-based trade association.
In a news release, the association said Kasper had “received a threat to disclose a past personal, non-financial matter” unless she “compromised” her role at NAR. The association declined to provide additional details about the threat but said Kasper had refused to comply and reported it to law enforcement.
“As a result of the recent threat and given the significance of this moment for myself, my family and the organization, it is again time for me to put the interests of NAR first,” Kasper said in a statement.
Kasper is the broker-owner of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Silverhawk Realty in the Boise Valley and has served on the NAR board of directors since 2016, according to her biography on the association’s website.
NAR said President-elect Kevin Sears would step into Kasper’s role effective immediately. Sears, of Springfield, Mass., is broker and partner of Sears Real Estate, according to his NAR biography.
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