Pat Lawless and Don DeBragga, managers of the Centreville Gateway Long & Foster office, announced Rajiv Vashist as the top producer and the top seller with a sales volume of $4,102,800; and Megan Crossett Lawless as the top lister and the agent with the most new listings.
Gayle and Bonnie Bailey, Principal Broker and Managing Broker of The Bailey Team, are pleased to announce that Peggy Duffy has been promoted to Sales Manager. Duffy is a licensed agent who has been with The Bailey Team for close to three years. She oversees every real estate transaction to ensure the highest level of personalized, professional service.
Weichert, Realtors has started a new program, Weichert UtilitiesPlus, that offers on-line coordination of essential home-related services through www.weichert.com. Weichert UtilitiesPlus lets Weichert customers save time associated with their moves. The program offers local and long distance phone, Internet access, electricity, gas, furniture rental, bottled water delivery and more. Search www.weichert.com's Gold Services link for services offered specifically in your area, compare offerings between participating providers and access your personalized account to keep track of your order summary, all without waiting in line or waiting on hold. Call the Gold Services Center at 1-800-837-4577.
To better serve Spanish-speaking real estate buyers and sellers, Weichert, Realtors has translated its Web site to help customers who prefer to speak in their native language.
The site features a buyers' and sellers' guide, a real estate glossary and advice on how to prepare to buy or sell a home. Customers access the site by logging onto www.weichert.com and clicking on En Espanol on the left-center side of the screen. Each page offers Weichert's number for Spanish-speaking callers, 1-800-698-8211. Customers calling the 800 number reach Spanish-speaking representatives in the call center.
Long & Foster Real Estate Inc. is again sponsoring a $200,000 Scholarship Program for high school seniors entering an accredited four-year college or university. The Long & Foster Scholarship Program will award $1,000 to each of 200 worthy recipients for the 2005-2006 academic year. The scholarship award will be made payable directly to the college or university in the student’s name. The deadline for applying is March 1, 2005 and the scholarships will be awarded in the beginning of April 2005. More than 1,500 applicants vied for the 150 scholarships in 2004. The scholarship was increased to $200,000 for the 2005–2006 academic year.
A selection committee made up of local members of academia will select the final scholarship winners by April 15, 2005. Eligible high school seniors must have at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale, demonstrate leadership and financial need, indicate positions of leadership, and list all school groups and/or community organizations in which they have served or been involved in, and any part-time job held while in school. All of this information will be considered in choosing well-rounded applicants.
Applications for the Long & Foster Scholarship Program can be obtained from any of Long & Foster’s 200 residential sales offices located throughout the mid-Atlantic region, from high school guidance counselors, or via Long & Foster’s Web site at www.longandfoster.com/scholarship.
A copy of the application and the required attachments must be mailed to Long & Foster Corporate Headquarters at: Long & Foster Scholarship Program, c/o Corporate Marketing Department, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., 11351 Random Hills Road, Fairfax, VA 22030-6082, Attn: Erin Wendel by March 1, 2005.