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In June 2016 a total of 1,133 homes exchanged hands. That makes last month the best June on record. "Not only are we on a roll, we are on a streak – a winning streak," says Stacey Evoy, President of the London and St Thomas Association of REALTORS® (LSTAR). "April 2016 was the best April ever. May 2016 lost out to May 2007 – the best month in the history of LSTAR – by only 7 units, and June was the best June ever." Sales were up Year-to-Date by 8.6%.

Twenty-two Past Presidents of LSTAR assembled at the Highland Country Club on the evening of June 28, 2016 for the Association's annual Past Presidents Dinner, including Ron Annis (1981-83), Greg Anthony (2000), Vince Bogdanski (1997), Dennis Broome (1996), Glen Gordon (2003), Michael Hines (2002), Peter Hoffman (1994), Jim Holody (2014), Jack Lane (2011), Nancy McCann (1998), Angus McLennan (1973), Harry Mohaupt (1987), Grant Monteith (1993), Rick Odegaard (2001), Doug Pedlar (2013), Joe Pinheiro (1986, 1992), Tony Sonderup (1989), Richard Thyssen (2010), Carl Vandergoot (2015), Gerry Weir (1999), Barb Whitney (2012), and LSTAR's most Senior of Statesmen, Ron Richardson, whose first term took place 68 years ago in 1948.

National real estate leader and noted management consultant John Geha has been named CEO of the London and St. Thomas Association of REALTORS® (LSTAR), one of Canada's fifteen largest real estate associations, representing over 1,600 REALTORS®. Geha, well-known throughout Canada and the U.S. for his efforts helping local real estate brokers increase productivity, growth and profit, will succeed retiring CEO, Betty Doré, effective immediately.

1,154 homes exchanged hands in May 2016, up 9.4% over May 2015. "This makes last month the best May on record since 2007 and the second best May ever," says Stacey Evoy, President of the London and St. Thomas Association of REALTORS®. "Moreover, May 2007 beat out this past May by only 7 units!" Year-to-Date sales are up 10.4% over last year.

A resounding 1,068 homes exchanged hands in April 2016, up 10.8% over April 2015. "This makes last month the best April on record," says Stacey Evoy, President of LSTAR. "The only other April to crack the one thousand mark was April 2010, when 1,017 homes sold." Year-to-Date sales are up 10.7% over last year.

Stacey Evoy, 2016 President of LSTAR, presided over the Association's 2015 Annual General Meeting, which took place on April 19, 2016 at the London Convention Centre. "Like you, I'm a grass roots, boots-on-the ground, working REALTOR®," she told the approximately 500 LSTAR Members and guests assembled, whom she described as her "heroes". "It is great the work REALTORS® do – building strong, vibrant communities, one house and one business at a time, and then working overtime to ensure that the Quality of Life in those communities is the best it can be."

860 homes sold in March, up 11.8% over March 2015, making last month the best March since 2006 – a good two years before the Global Financial Meltdown caused markets across North America to falter. “March 2016 may have come in like a lamb, says Stacey Evoy, 2016 President of the London and St. Thomas Association of REALTORS®, “but, as far as home sales go, it went out like a lion.” Year-to-Date, sales are up 10.8%.

The Directors of the London and St Thomas Association of REALTORS® are proud to announce that the Ontario REALTORS Care Foundation has named Betty Doré, LSTAR's long-time CEO, as the recipient of this year's Spirit Award. The Spirit Award recognizes individuals or board/associations who have in some significant way contributed to the success of the Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation or advanced its goal of assisting Members of Organized Real Estate and Real Estate Boards and Associations in Ontario by support of shelter-related charities in their communities.

652 homes sold in February, up 21.9% over February 2015. "That makes last month the best February since 2008!" says Stacey Evoy, 2016 President of the London and St. Thomas Association of REALTORS®, adding, by way of caveat, "This being a Leap Year, however, we had an extra day in which 39 sales took place, so, in order to make a meaningful comparison with February 2015, we have to factor that in." Year-to-Date home sales are up 9.6%.