Long & Foster is Home
"Through good markets and bad, Long & Foster is committed to the real estate
industry. With a focus on providing an environment for success among our sales associates
and employees and facilitating an experience unlike any other for our customers,
Long & Foster has continued to grow for more than 40 years."
P. Wesley Foster, Jr., Chairman and CEO
"Years from now, we may look back at this period of time in the housing market
and recognize the significant buying and selling opportunities that existed for
some qualified consumers. Long & Foster’s family of companies is equipped to facilitate
the entire real estate transaction, putting buyers and sellers in a position to
accomplish their homeownership goals."
Jeffrey S. Detwiler, President and COO
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Home of the Total Experience
When you do business with Long & Foster, you get our commitment to integrity, innovation,
honesty and world-class customer service, and you’re offered everything you need
as it relates to buying, selling or owning real estate—all from one source. At Long
& Foster, it’s about more than buying and selling homes—it’s about the total homeownership
experience.
Home to More Top Agents
With more than 12,000 sales associates serving seven states and the District of
Columbia, Long & Foster is the largest independent real estate company in the United
States. With an extensive branch network of more than 180 offices, Long & Foster
helped in excess of 69,000 people buy and sell homes in 2011.
In 2011, one of Long & Foster’s Maryland-based teams earned the #1 spot for real
estate teams nationwide based on closed sales volume in 2010, as ranked by The Wall
Street Journal and REAL Trends Inc. In addition, 15 other Long & Foster sales teams
and three individual sales associates also made it into the survey’s top 250 rankings
based on their volume performance.
With industry-leading tools and technology, continuing education offerings designed
to meet the needs of busy, in-demand agents, and global marketing reach targeting
today’s buyers and sellers, more top-producing real estate sales professionals call
Long & Foster home than any other brokerage in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Home of the Best Brands
As a family of industry-leading real estate brands, The Long & Foster Companies
includes:
- Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
- W.C. & A.N. Miller Realtors
- Lacaze Meredith
- Fonville Morisey
- Virginia Properties
Home of Strength and Stability
As the #1 independent real estate company in the United States, Long & Foster is
backed by financial security and stability like no other.
Sales figures for 2011 (total sales volume and equivalents)
- All of The Long & Foster Companies: $42.7 billion
- Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.: $22.0 billion
- Prosperity Mortgage Company: $4.3 billion
- Long & Foster Insurance: $6.5 billion
- Long & Foster Settlement Services: $9.3 billion
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