The Council of Residential Specialists is the largest not-for-profit affiliate of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, with its headquarters in Chicago, Ill. It is composed of over 45,000 Certified Residential Specialists (CRS) Designees and Candidates/General Members.  

The association was created to recruit and retain those REALTORS® seeking the knowledge, tools and relationship-building opportunities needed to maximize their income and professionalism in residential real estate.

The Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) is the highest Designation awarded to sales associates in the residential sales field.  It means an agent has earned the residential real estate industry’s most advanced “degree.”  The CRS Designation recognizes professional accomplishments in both experience and education. Professors have the Ph.D.  Physicians have the M.D. REALTORS® have the CRS.

Realtors who receive the CRS Designation have completed advanced courses and have demonstrated professional expertise in the field of residential real estate.

Fewer than  38,000 Realtors nationwide have earned the credential. Only 4% of REALTORS® are Certified Residential Specialists because only one in every 25 REALTORS® has the advanced training, experience, and commitment to call themselves a Certified Residential Specialist.

Home buyers and sellers can be assured that CRS Designees subscribe to the strict Realtor code of ethics, have access to the latest technology and are specialists in helping clients maximize profits and minimize costs when buying or selling a home.

Our real estate brokers are both members of the Council of Residential Specialists.