The Kamloops & District Real Estate Association (KADREA) is merging with the Association of Interior Realtors & the Kootenay Association of Realtors to form a much larger Association of Interior Realtors.

All three associations voted in favour of amalgamation this past Wednesday, Dec. 15, to create the third largest association in British Columbia, and ninth largest in Canada.

“This is an exciting development for all our members to be able to come together to represent a unified body and voice of real estate professionals within the Interior of BC,” said Association of Interior Realtors President, Kim Heizmann, in a statement.

The new association will welcome all three members after a legal amalgamation in the first quarter of 2022. When formed, it will represent nearly 2,500 realtors in the BC Interior.

Current Association of Interior Realtors Chief Executive Officer, George Greenwood, will remain on as the CEO of the larger association.

“We are very proud to share the announcement of collaboration between our Associations within the Interior of BC and in welcoming these members into a collective real estate association that will ultimately benefit not only the members, but buyers and sellers alike,” he said, in a statement.

Added, KADREA President, Chelsea Mann, “[Our realtors] have clearly shown us that they are ready for change and believe that the shared resources of a larger association will better help them serve their clients,” she said.