Long & Foster
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| Company type | Corporation |
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| Founded | Fairfax, Virginia, (1968) |
| Headquarters | 14501 George Carter Way Chantilly, Virginia, USA |
Key people | P. Wesley Foster, JR., Long & Foster Companies Chairman, Chief Executive Officer George T. Eastment III, Vice Chairman Jeffery S. Detwiler, President and Chief Operating Officer Gary Scott, President, Long & Foster General Brokerage, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. Mary K. Weddle, Senior Vice President, Operations, Long & Foster General Brokerage, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. Tim Wilson, President Affiliated Businesses Bruce Enger, Senior Vice-President, CFO Michael B. Koval, Senior Vice-President, CIO Barry S. Redler Chief Marketing Officer Randal Krout, President Prosperity Mortgage Company Michael Maddiex, President, Long & Foster Settlement Services |
Long & Foster (founded 1968) is one of the largest privately owned real estate company in the United States with more than 10,000 agents in more than 170 sales offices in the Mid-Atlantic region.[1]
P. Wesley Foster, the chief executive officer and one of the founders, began his real estate career in 1963 as a sales manager at Michew Corporation, a home building company. In 1966, he moved to Nelson Realty as vice-president of sales. In 1968, he founded Long & Foster Companies[2] with Henry Long. Long & Foster began with Foster handling the residential real estate arm of the business and Long handling the commercial side. Foster became the sole owner in July 1979, eleven years after establishing Long & Foster.
Long & Foster has offices and associates in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Delaware, and North Carolina. It provides services including the sale and purchase of homes, land, and commercial properties; mortgage, title, and insurance assistance; insurance offerings; and relocation and settlement services.
References
- ^ http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/111/111209.html
- ^ Fleishman, Sandra (November 19, 2003). "Long & Foster to Change Managers". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 2, 2009.