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Van Metre Homes will be holding its "No Worries-Home Giveaway Sweepstakes," Saturday Jan. 20, 1-3 p.m., Marshall House model home at the Savannah Collection in Stone Ridge, 41952 Ural Drive, Aldie. Call 703-327-7344.
The Long & Foster Companies, Mid-Atlantic region, reports sales nearly matched its all-time record of the previous year as it sold a combined total of $65.1 billion worth of homes, mortgages, insurance, title insurance and settlement services during 2006. All of The Long & Foster Companies reported 2006 sales of $65.1 billion compared to 66.5 billion for 2005, a decline of just 2 percent.