The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, June 17, 1995                TAG: 9506150343
SECTION: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY       PAGE: 26   EDITION: FINAL 
COLUMN: ON THE MOVE  
                                             LENGTH: Medium:   74 lines

LUNCHEON OFFERS SAFETY PROGRAM

Citizens Against Crime will feature the program ``Living Safely In a Dangerous World'' at a luncheon sponsored by the Tidewater Multifamily Housing Council at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Holiday Inn Chesapeake. The deadline for registration is Monday and the cost is $15 per person.

Call The Tidewater Builders Association at 420-2434 for more information.

Century 21 At The Mall in Virginia Beach is ranked 20th in the Century 21 year-to-date top 100 ranking offices, based on transaction units. The agency is No. 52 based on gross commissions for closed transactions.

There are some 5,000 Century 21 offices in the United States.

Top listing and sales agents for The Prudential Decker Realty during May were John Savino, listings, and Nancy Bessey, sales, Lynnhaven office; Wayne Beagle, listings and sales, Great Neck; Ann Davis, listings and sales, Beach, and Tom Seddon, listings, and Pat Core, sales, Chesapeake.

For William E. Wood and Associates Realtors, top selling agents for May were Susan Horwitz, Churchland; Langhorne Porter, Hampton Boulevard; Sue Williams, Great Bridge; Barbara Adams, Great Neck; Peggy Economidis, Haygood; Tom and Robin DiBuono, Holland Road; Greta Wiltz, Kempsville; Tina Minter, Laskin Road; Arlene Wright, Little Creek, and Jan Kernan, Lynnhaven.

Top listing agents at Wood were Kitty Sue Hannah, Churchland; Shirley Stein, Hampton Boulevard; Debbie Barnes, Great Bridge; Anne Runaldue, Great Neck; Joyce Faubel, Haygood; Margie Shirley, Holland Road; Greta Wiltz, Kempsville; Gail Garrington, Laskin Road; Brenda Duncan, Little Creek, and Debbie Stokes, Lynnhaven.

Real estate speaker Rick Willis will appear on Tuesday at the Norfolk Airport Hilton in Norfolk. His topic: ``Success Secrets of Sales Associates Doing Over 100 Transactions Per Year.'' For further information, call 800-446-2338.

Rose & Krueth Realty is offering free the semiannual magazine-style publication Your Home, with articles written by industry professionals and real estate journalists. If you're interested, phone 499-3330.

Times Books has recently released The American Bar Association Guide to Home Ownership, a $12 paperback. It deals with liability, scams, insurance, shoddy contractors, feuds with neighbors, contracts and household safety precautions.

Dateline Washington: The National Association of Home Builders has called on the Federal Reserve Board to ease monetary policy to prevent the economy from falling into a recession.

President Clinton has announced a partnership between government and the private sector to increase the nation's homeownership rate from 64.2 percent to 67.5 percent by 2000. The National Homeownership Strategy includes these goals:

Cutting the cost of homeownership by making financing more affordable and simplifying the buying process.

Opening the housing market to increase choice and remove discriminatory and regulatory barriers.

Expanding opportunities through education and counseling, information technology, communication and community improvement. MEMO: On the Move reports management changes, awards, seminars and new

services offered by real estate firms, mortgage companies and builders.

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Send the information to Real Estate Weekly, The Virginian-Pilot, 150 W.

Brambleton Ave., Norfolk Va. 23510, or fax it to 446-2531. Please

include a phone number.

by CNB