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Long and Foster’s Core Services are committed to making buying, selling and owning easier!

Ease of the Transaction is Important in Today’s Fast-Paced World

 
Long & Foster’s Core Services are committed to making buying, selling and owning easier for the consumer, and increasing closing confidence for agents
 
Many of the goals we set at Long & Foster center around the common theme of finding ways to make our agents’ lives simpler. We’re focused on giving our sales associates the tools, technology and services they need to achieve personal success and provide consumers with industry-leading real estate service.
 
The Long & Foster affiliate companies—which include Prosperity Mortgage, Long & Foster Settlement Services (made up of our title partners RGS Title, Sage Title Group, Long and Foster Settlement Services LLC and Mid-States Title of Southwest Va.), Long & Foster Insurance, Home Service Connections and Platinum Group Services—have taken to heart this challenge to make our agents’ lives easier, and have sought out ways to take companywide cooperation and coordination to an impressive new level.
 
The companies came together in recent months under the banner of the Long & Foster Core Services companies. With new methods of intra-company communication and participation in team-building events, the Core Services teams aim to deliver as efficiently as possible one-stop shopping with competitive pricing and unparalleled service.
 
Shifting from “affiliate” thinking to “core services” thinking signifies just how important these functions are to our agents, consumers and to the success of our company as a whole.
 
This is more than just calling our affiliate companies by a different name. The shift in the collective thinking toward “core services” means all of the Long & Foster companies work together to ensure that our clients’ homeownership goals are reached as efficiently as possible.
 
We know for certain that when the Long & Foster Core Services companies are involved in a transaction, our sales professionals can deliver on their promises to clients that the deal is far more likely to close on time with less hassle. We all have the same collaborative goal—to exceed the needs of Long & Foster consumers—and this is a level of commitment you may not find outside our family of companies.
 
The Long & Foster Core Services companies offer:
Financing
Insurance
Settlement
Home improvement
Short sale transaction management
Property management
And more
 
What does this shift to “core services” thinking mean to you and your clients?
 
With our family of companies working together to complete your clients’ transactions, you can rest easy knowing we share a desire to deliver your important customers an experience that exceeds both your expectations and theirs.
 
Your clients’ transactions are more convenient and manageable for you because the involved service providers are communicating well with each other and working toward a common goal.
 
As a Long & Foster sales associate, you can serve as your single point-of-contact in the home buying or selling process, from start to finish. You become the one-stop-shop, offering your clients everything they need to complete their transaction.
 
Our companies have a long history of working together and know how to align to get your clients’ transactions completed on time.
 
Working with a single family of companies means your clients’ personal information is contained, minimizing the likelihood that their security is compromised.
 

When consumers come to you as a real estate advisor, having the Long & Foster Core Services companies standing behind you brings value to your clients that they won’t find elsewhere. Every step of the way, the Long & Foster Core Services companies become your partner, working to make your life easier and deliver the service and value you expect for your buyers and sellers.
 
Everything we do begins with a real estate transaction and a professional Sales Associate and we recognize and celebrate that fact.

Written by Jeff Detwiler, President and Chief Operating Officer, Long and Foster Realtors