Long & Foster
Corporation | |
Founded | Fairfax, Virginia, (1968) |
Headquarters | 14501 George Carter Way Chantilly, Virginia, United States |
Key people |
P. Wesley Foster, JR., Long & Foster Companies Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |
Long & Foster (founded 1968) is one of the largest privately owned real estate companies 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. The company has 6 major lines of business that support buying, selling and owning real estate including the sale and purchase of residential and commercial properties and land; mortgage, title and settlement services, insurance and home warranty, property management and corporate real estate services for relocation and business development.
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.