Real Estate Briefs
EveryHome Realtors celebrates 20th anniversary
EveryHome Realtors is celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2019.
The boutique real estate agency, now headquartered in Lansdale, began as a vision shared by co-founders Paul Heck and Katie Kennedy in a tiny Harleysville garage.
“I was a single mom looking for a place to raise my two kids,” Kennedy said. “I wanted a home in a safe area and within a good school district, but I had a really limited budget. At the time, the only way to see homes was to have real estate agents find you properties, and they didn’t always understand what it was that you wanted. I thought about how I wanted to be able to see every home, not just the houses that the Realtor wanted me to see.”
In 1999, EveryHome.com was born and became the first website of its kind to pull listings directly from the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS). This provided homebuyers with the ability to easily browse every real estate listing in the Greater Philadelphia area on their own terms.
EveryHome’s early days in Harleysville began with just two desks in Kennedy’s garage. The broker of EveryHome Realtors and Kennedy’s partner, Paul Heck, had an extensive background in computer science and coding, and he spent long days developing software to ensure that every home for sale was accessible to local web browsers.
“After the website became public, I can vividly remember the first email we got and how exciting it was,” Kennedy said. “And then the next day, we got eight emails.” Word quickly spread about the local real estate startup, and by 2006, Kennedy and her office assistant were closing approximately 15 homes per month.
“That was when I realized it was time to bring other agents on board,” she said.
EveryHome Realtors has since expanded to the 100plus boutique real estate agency that they are today.
In 2019, they will be unveiling an all-new website with new browsing features and offering a streamlined buying process with enhanced mortgage and title agency partnerships.
“We hope to serve as a ‘one-stop shop’ for all of our clients’ real estate needs,” Kennedy said.
Jackie Ball joins Long & Foster’s Art Herling Group
Long & Foster Real Estate welcomes Jackie Ball to Blue Bell’s satellite location at 775 Penllyn-Blue Bell Pike, where she will be working with Art Herling and Jane Healy.
This office is managed by Debora Weidman-Phillips, vice president of Long & Foster Real Estate.
Ball will specialize in working with rehab investors, homebuyers and sellers.
“We are very excited and fortunate to have Jackie join our team of highly trained professionals,” WeidmanPhillips said. “The combination of Long & Foster and Jackie’s unique skills and knowledge will no doubt provide the highest level of service to local buyers and sellers.”
“We’re so pleased to announce Jackie has joined the Long & Foster family,” said Gary Scott, president of Long & Foster Real Estate. “As the No. 1 brokerage in the Mid-Atlantic region, we operate with an agent-first mentality. We look forward to the energetic partnership Jackie has created by deciding to join the industry-leading Blue Bell office and our company.”
Ball has been a licensed Realtor for two years; however, her background and experience extend beyond her years as a licensed Pennsylvania agent. As the project community coordinator for the Williamsburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority in Williamsburg, Va., Ball worked with a developer to build a new subdivision of more than 20 homes.
“My first stop with a broker was at Long & Foster in Blue Bell. I left and went to a different broker for two months, then realized that my growth and successful exposure in the business came from Long & Foster,” said Ball. “So, I am back and feel like I never left. Jane Healy and Art Herling welcomed me immediately.”
Ball attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., and majored in journalism with emphasis in marketing and editing. Ball is married with two grown daughters. They live in the Mt. Airy neighborhood in Philadelphia and enjoy travelling abroad. Ball and her two daughters are the authors’ of the book, “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” She is also the founder of Baller Business Professionals, where she hosts annual networking events.
Berkshire Hathaway welcomes sales associates
Linda Ostrowski, sales leader of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors Blue Bell office, welcomes Edward Roulhac as a sales associate.
“I joined BHHS Fox & Roach because this is a company where I can build a legacy,” he said.
Roulhac resides in Blue Bell with his wife, Sandi, and serves Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Philadelphia counties.