William Kiley, Jr., CRS, GRI, CRB, a well-known figure in the New England real estate community, died October 26. Kiley had a long and successful career in real estate. He served as president of Hunneman, Inc. and Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage of New England and during his tenure steered sales to over $11 billion, making his company one of the top residential real estate companies in the world.
Kiley, a graduate of Boston University, was a director of Newhomes.com (New Homes Realty), was on the National Association of Realtors Large Broker Committee and was a managing partner of Taurus New England Land Ventures, LLC. Earlier in his life, he had been a volunteer with VISTA, assisting agricultural workers in Appalachia and in the fields of California. In 1967 he moved back to his native Massachusetts and began his career in real estate brokerage. He was appointed president of Hunneman, Inc. in 1990. The company was purchased by Coldwell Banker in 1991 and he remained as president there until his retirement in 1998.