Howard Kees

Howard Kees, Jr. is the CEO of Kees’ Realty, Inc. a full-service real estate company. Kees’ Realty serves the entire San Francisco Bay Area with a hyper focus on the East Bay. Howard specializes in assisting first-time home buyers and finding real estate investment opportunities.

Howard has 30 years as a licensed real estate broker in the State of California and 20 years as a land developer in Jamaica. He has extensive knowledge of the Bay Area real estate market, mortgage financing, property investment and recognizing current national and international market trends.

In addition to his real estate brokerage in California, he is the President and CEO of Kees’ Land Development Corporation (Caribbean) Limited, incorporated under the laws of Jamaica, W.I and headquartered in Negril, Jamaica. The company’s objective is to offer Jamaican nationals moderate and middle-income housing units with the use of light steel frame building concepts.

A proud product of Oakland, he attended Oakland Public Schools and graduated from McClymond’s H.S. in 1970. He received a B.A. Degree in Political Science and Black History in 1976 from CSU-Hayward (East Bay). In addition to his business, Howard has been active in the Oakland East Bay community for over 50 years in organizations such as Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Muscular Dystrophy Association, CYO and AAU basketball, Babe Ruth Baseball, and Oakland Youth Soccer.