Halstead is proud to announce that Elsie Barrick of the firm's Montclair office has been selected as West Essex Board of Realtors’ (WEBOR) 2017 Realtor of the Year. Each year a WEBOR member is honored by their peers for exceptional service to the community and the real estate industry. The Realtor of the Year recipient, Elsie Barrick, will be submitted to New Jersey Association of Realtors (NJAR) for state recognition.

“Elsie’s commitment to the senior citizens of Montclair is not merely admirable, but a testimony to her core values. Her outstanding character, and professional credentials not only make her a pleasure to work with, but a deserving recipient,” said Eugene Cordano, Halstead’s Executive Director of Sales in New Jersey. “We are so very proud and honored to call her a friend and colleague, and we wish her our heartfelt congratulations for the 2017 Realtor of the Year Award.”

A second generation Montclair native, Elsie Barrick is a dedicated member of her community. Currently, Elsie serves as the Board President of Senior Apartments for First Montclair House; Director of Montclair Senior Housing; Director of Aging in Montclair; Executive Committee Member and Recording Secretary for the Montclair Democratic County Committee; Planning Sub Committee Member of Montclair Seniorama; and also with the Montclair Section of National Council of Negro Women. Additionally, Elsie is a current member of WEBOR's Board of Directors as well as a NJ licensed real estate instructor.

West Essex Board of Realtors is an organization dedicated to supplying its members with crucial resources to strengthen professionalism, ethical standards and prosperous business practices with an emphasis on property rights and local issues, while simultaneously promoting achievement and growth.

About Halstead

As one of the top residential real estate brokerage firms in the New York metropolitan area, Halstead has more than 1,300 sales and rental agents located in premier retail storefront offices in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, the Hamptons, Hudson Valley, New Jersey and Fairfield County, Connecticut. In addition, the Development Marketing Division of Halstead Property is the exclusive sales and marketing firm for many new developments in the tristate area and through the Property Management Division, Halstead manages more than 25,000 residential units within 250 buildings. To learn more, please visit www.halstead.com.