THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, April 20, 1996 TAG: 9604180271
SECTION: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY PAGE: 16 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Long : 102 lines
It might not be something to boast about, but if you're living with roaches and could use $500, then pay attention. Combat, the pest extermination products company, is seeking America's five most roach-infested homes.
Winners get the money plus a comprehensive extermination, compliments of Combat. Last year's winners had roaches in bed, in the pantries and even on the dining room table during meals.
Entrants - they must live in single-family dwellings - need to submit a letter describing their roach tenants by May 6. Last year, Combat received more than 300 letters from 30 states. The address is Combat, 55 Union St., San Francisco, Calif. 94111. Include a name, address and phone number.
Based on sales of roach insecticide, Los Angeles is the most infested metropolitan area. Richmond and Hampton Roads rank 20th among those areas surveyed.
Good news: During the first quarter, 1,018 new home closings had been made in Hampton Roads, up 8.9 percent from the first three months of 1995, says the Residential DataBank, a Virginia Beach market research firm.
Single-family closings accounted for 72.4 percent of those closings. Virginia Beach shoed a 72.4 percent growth of cumulative closings over the 1995 figure. Portsmouth was up 51.7 percent and Suffolk, 45.1 percent.
Price ranges in Virginia Beach were typically $120,000 to $139,999 for new single-family homes. Ranges for Chesapeake were $120,000 to $149,999; Suffolk, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight County, $110,000 to $129,999; Norfolk, $120,000 to $159, and $110,000 to $149,000 for the Peninsula.
General price ranges for resold homes were $120,000 to $159,999 in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake; $50,000 to $69,999 in Suffolk, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, and $60,000 to $89,999 in Norfolk.
Honored: The Prudential Decker Realty was No. 1 for 1995 production in the state among Prudential Real Estate affiliates. Among the agents cited for top performances were John Savino, Tonie Frank and Nancy Koch, residential gross commissions, and Savino, Charlie King and Frank, number of residential units.
Savino and Ann Davis won the Prudential Chairman's Circle Award. Randy Scott, Frank Trygar, Nancy Bessey, Deborah Baisden, Suzanne Gravitt, Ken Olive, Wayne Beagle and Pat Core received the Prudential President's Circle.
The Prudential Leading Edge award went to B.J. Basnight, Mandy Yoder, Jan Carlson-Beaudoin, Elton Lee, Louise Perkins, Nancy Koch, Tonie Frank, Rebecca Schmidt, Susan Pender, Charlie King and Judy Ready.
Good start: Joyce W. Bright was the top associate for February for Century 21 Action-Plus in Virginia Beach. Bright joined the company in January.
Womble Realty's best March performers were Brenda Rawls, top sales associate, and Anna Sullivan, No. 1 lister. Others noted were Judy Marsh, Anne ``Cookie'' Page, Debbie Mustin, Brian Okuley, Tim Cochran, Sandy Preiser, Sharon Winchell, Pam Johnson, Gary Lundholm, Scott Wilmot and Rebecca Darragh.
Alan Thompson, vice president of Rose & Krueth Realty's resale division, was made a member of the Virginia Association of Realtors Honor Society for 1995.
The top 10 Rose & Krueth sales associates during the first quarter were Joe Carter, Barbara Watz, Vicki Holasek, Barbara Shaughnessy, Jeanne West, Marty Polon, Mildred Walker, Karen Pennington, Cheryl Holloway and Gerry Sessor.
The top 10 new home associates were Stephanie Zettel, Wendy Lucas, Pat Newell, Debbie Davis, Joyce Elswick, Maggie Wilson, Rob Resh, Priscilla LaMoine, Cyndi Osborough and Butch Boykin. The top five listing associates were Linda Enders, Vicki Holasek, Barbara Watz, Karen Doering and Samuel Craig.
William E. Wood & Associates Realtors has been named the 1995 Member Move Broker of the Year by the PHH Real Estate Network, which comprises 535 real estate companies.
Saving energy: The NAHB Research Center has applications available for the 1997 EnergyValue Housing Award, which recognizes builders who integrate energy efficiency into all aspects of home construction.
Entries must be submitted by Aug. 2. Winners will be recognized at the National Association of Home Builders show in Houston next January. Contestants will be evaluated for energy value, design, construction and marketing and consumer relations. Awards will be made inseveral categories.
For more info, write to Christine Barbour, NAHB Research Center, 400 Prince George's Blvd., Upper Marlboro, Md. 20772-8731.
On line: The Realtors Information Network, a subsidiary of the National Association of Realtors, has gone on line nationwide after pilot tests in a number of states. The RIN Home Page on the World Wide Web offers more than 160,000 properties for sale and may be viewed by the computer owning public at http://www.realtor.com
Seminar: The Norfolk Navy Housing Welcome Center in the Naval Base Personnel Support Mall will offer a free workshop on property management at 6 p.m. Wednesday. A supervised children's play area will be available. Phone 445-2832 to register. 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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