Long & Foster Real Estate, the largest independent residential real estate company in the United States, is pleased to announce that it has opened its newest office at 813 East Jefferson St., in downtown Charlottesville. Joe Aust has been named managing broker of this office and has almost 20 agents who have already joined the team.

“Long & Foster came into the Charlottesville market in October of this year and has already established itself with locations on Old Ivy, Glenmore and Fishersville,” said Scott Shaheen, senior regional vice president of Long & Foster Real Estate. “The new location in historic downtown is just one more piece of our commitment in central Virginia. We are very excited to have Joe Aust as part of our leadership team. He is very well respected in the real estate industry and we know that his team of agents will provide unparalleled customer service.”

“I’m very excited to lead the newest office in Charlottesville. Long & Foster Real Estate provides the tools and technology to insure our agents’ success. Their marketing efforts are by far the best I have seen and will greatly benefit the buyers and sellers in this market,” Aust said.

Boomer Foster, President of Long & Foster Real Estate added, “This newest office in Charlottesville continues our growth in the mid-Atlantic and is one of the many reasons we are the No. 1 firm in the mid-Atlantic. For more than 45 years, Long & Foster has been home to the best-trained, best-equipped real estate agents and leaders in the industry, and we have no doubt that the new Charlottesville office will be the go-to resource when consumers in this area of Virginia are looking to make confident, well-informed buying and selling decisions.”

For more information about the Charlottesville location, contact Joe Aust at 434-260-5371 or joe.aust@lnf.com. For more information on Long & Foster Real Estate, visit www.LongandFoster.com.