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Ed Taylor, a real estate agent at the Centreville Gateway office of Long & Foster, will be one of 10 Realtors spending July and August in Asia working for Habitat for Humanity building houses for the tsunami relief program. This is the first group of Realtors to go to Asia and participate in this program.
Long & Foster announces its top sales associates for the month of May:
* Centreville-Gateway: Pat Lawless and Don DeBragga, managers of the Centreville-Gateway Long & Foster office, announced Rajiv Vashist as the top producer and seller with a sales volume of $4,321,600; and Darren Marquardt as the top lister and agent with the most new listings.
* Fairfax: Frank Lee, manager of the Fairfax Long & Foster office, announced The Debbie Dogrul team as the top producer and the team with the most new listings with a sales volume of $31,734,016; and Marilyn Melnicove and Pauline Leonard as the second- and third- place top producers.
Karen Trainor, branch manager of Weichert, Realtors' Fair Oaks office, announced that Rosemary Graham has been honored for her achievements in May.
Graham earned the honor of top producer, leading the office in dollar volume, revenue units, listings, listings sold and total sales. She is a member of the top-ranking Chairman of the Board Premiere Club at Weichert. Graham also earned membership into the Chairman's Gold Club, the top club level for sales financed through Weichert Financial. She placed third in the Capital Region in 2004 in Weichert Family of Companies (WFOC) volume and fourth in WFOC units.
A longtime resident of Fairfax, Graham earned her real estate license in 1987 and has since earned several designations and honors such as GRI, CRS and Lifetime Top Producer from the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors. She is a 2003 inductee into the Weichert, Realtors' Hall of Fame.
Ray Powers, branch manager of Weichert, Realtors' Centreville/Clifton Office, announced that P.J. Sikand earned the honor of top producer, leading the way in dollar volume, revenue units and sales for the month of May. Sikand is a member of the Chairman of the Board Club at Weichert. Topping the branch in listings and listings sold was President's Club member James Meisel.
Century21 New Millennium's Centreville office is taking donations for its annual charity drive for Children's Hospital. Last year was a huge success when it was able to donate a carnival-style popcorn machine and numerous board games and art supplies. This year the No. 1 item on the Children's Hospital wish list is personal DVD players and DVDs for the children who cannot join the others on movie night. The Centreville office is accepting donations of new and gently used DVDs (rated G, PG or PG-13) as well as checks made out to Children's Hospital until June 21. The office address is 5109 Westfields Blvd., Centreville, or call 703-818-0111.