P. Wesley Foster, Jr., chairman and CEO of The Long & Foster Companies, announced that David H. Stevens, an Oakton resident, has joined the company as president of Affiliated Businesses of The Long & Foster Companies. Stevens was formerly executive vice president and national wholesale manager with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, one of the nation’s leading residential mortgage lenders.
Weichert, Realtors announced it has held more open houses this year from Jan. 1 through May 31 than ever before. The company said it hosted 102,641 open houses in the first five months of the year — up 28 percent from the same period last year and a new company record.
Long & Foster Real Estate Inc. is offering its sales associates a 14-week training program which positions them as real estate advocates to their buyers. It will train agents to serve their buyer’s needs before, during and after the sale or purchase of a home. Agents taking the classes will learn how to structure their business in such a way that they can rely on referred business because of the service they provide to existing clients. The Buffini & Company 100 Days to Greatness program is designed for serious and career-minded real estate agents who are new to the business and for more seasoned sales associates looking for a proven solution to help their business thrive. The ultimate goal of one closed and two pending transactions during the 14 weeks is being far exceeded by agents taking the classes.
Long & Foster Real Estate Inc. recently announced the names of the 200 Long & Foster Scholarship recipients across the company’s seven-state mid-Atlantic region and Washington, D.C. Each year, the firm awards a total of two hundred $1,000 scholarships to deserving high school seniors where the firm has its 237 sales offices. This year, 11 of those winners were chosen from Fairfax County.
The Fairfax County Long & Foster Scholarship recipients are: Kathleen Lee, Hayfield Secondary School; Viann Nguyen, Stuart High School; Lee Rodrigues, Annandale High School; Courtney Conley, Edison High School; Catherine Nguyen, Marshall High School; Myranda Weir, Mount Vernon High School; Saba Ghorab, Robert E. Lee High School; Yousaf Sajid, South Lakes High School; Kristina Rosales, Thomas A. Edison High School; Julia Smith, West Potomac High School; and Lauren Zeigler, Westfield High School.