Long & Foster Real Estate is proud to announce that Jeremy Caleb Johnson, a sales agent with the Shore Drive-Coastal office, has received the Realtor of the Year award from the Hampton Roads Realtors Association (HRRA), which has more than 3,300 members.

The HRRA’s Realtor of the Year award is given by the Circle of Excellence, an annual awards program which recognizes top-producing Realtor agents in the Hampton Roads area. Johnson received the Realtor of the Year award by attaining a high level of achievement set forth by rigorous sales criteria, through professionalism, due diligence, customer care and attention, and a strong knowledge of the real estate industry.

A Hampton Roads native, Johnson is a widely-respected Realtor and consistently ranks high among his fellow agents at Long & Foster Real Estate. His results-oriented approach has landed him in the top 4 percent of all listing agents in the Hampton Roads region. Johnson has been a professional in the real estate industry for the past 13 years. He was licensed in 2004 as a salesperson and earned his associate broker’s license in 2010.

“Long & Foster is proud that the HRRA’s Circle of Excellence has recognized Jeremy’s many accomplishments and his commitment to the industry,” said John Powell, vice president and managing broker of the Shore Drive-Coastal office. “Jeremy is a true professional, and his dedication to his buyers and sellers is a testament to his passion for the real estate industry.”

Johnson attended James Madison University, the University of Delaware, and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. He is deeply involved in Cape Henry Rotary, Virginia Beach’s Open Space Advisory Committee, and other advocacy work. He won HRRA’s Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Service in 2010 and HRRA’s Volunteer of Year Award in 2007. He also was Rotarian of the Year in 2012. Johnson lives in Virginia Beach with his family and their three dogs.

“It’s the commitment of agents like Jeremy that has enabled him to earn an honor such as this one, and we’re proud to have him as part of the Long & Foster family,” said Gary Scott, president of Long & Foster Real Estate. “Our company has a reputation of honesty, integrity and best-in-class customer service that spans more than 45 years, and the talent of professionals like Jeremy is why we remain the top real estate company in the Mid-Atlantic.”

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