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8701 Georgia Ave, Suite 100

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Long & Foster Companies has evolved over the past 39 years to become not only a multi-faceted, full-service homeownership company but also the largest privately-owned real estate brokerage company in the nation. The company currently has 250 sales offices and 16,500 sales associates that operate in the seven-state Mid-Atlantic region.  It boasts reported 2006 sales of $65.1 billion.


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.


#1 in the Mid-Atlantic
Best Trained and Most Equipped

GENERATION X

Generation X—young families and adults ages 28 to 45—are likely to lead the home-buying recovery as it gets underway, according to real estate experts who spoke at an educational webinar produced by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) in partnership with Builder magazine.

These potential home buyers are most likely to think it’s a good time to get off the fence—and have strong opinions about the design features their new homes will include.

SINGLE MOTHER AND HOMEOWNERSHIP

The joy of home ownership is increased tremendously for one group of consumers. That group is single mothers. Whether single by choice or due to divorce, certainly taking charge of your future and your child's future by buying a home is a tremendous task. According to the National Association of Realtors the average single-female home buyer is under age 45 and gainfully employed. So buying the home is as much about security as it is about financial investing. For single mothers, finding a home that offers programs that assist in financing and obtaining down payment financing is pivotal. Now is a great time to find them, even if you need to consider government assistance for single mothers buying a home.

First, know exactly what your real budget to buy is, decide if a townhouse, condominium or single family home is best for you and the kids and think about whether you need a community that offers a maintenance plan. One of the best ways to be thorough in your housing financing efforts is to do some research, whether it is attending seminars, talking to various lenders or taking to the Web. Read More