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The London and St Thomas Association of REALTORS® (LSTAR) Board of Directors is pleased to announce 2016 President Stacey Evoy has been honoured for her outstanding volunteer service to the community, awarded the Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation Fellowship. Evoy received the honour this week at the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) 2017 Annual Conference in Toronto.

The London and St Thomas Association of REALTORS® (LSTAR) announced residential sales achieved its best February results ever, since LSTAR began tracking sales data in 1978. A total of 763 homes were sold in February, an increase of 17% over the same period last year.

The London and St Thomas Association of REALTORS® (LSTAR) Board of Directors is pleased to announce London REALTOR® Jim Smith will serve as its President in 2017.

The London and St Thomas Association of REALTORS® (LSTAR) announced another milestone for residential sales across the region, with the best January results since LSTAR began tracking sales data in 1978. A total of 574 homes were sold in January, an increase of 26.2% over last January.

On Friday, January 27, LSTAR hosted a news conference of the Ontario Real Estate Association regarding the increase of the Land Transfer Tax rebate for first-time home buyers. Our Association was represented by 2015 LSTAR President Carl Vandergoot.

The London and St. Thomas Association of REALTORS® (LSTAR) is thrilled to announce the winner of the 2016 Christmas Kettle Challenge is the entire community of London and St. Thomas. LSTAR and London Firefighters engaged in some friendly competition, with the associations challenging each other on who could raise the most money for The Salvation Army's Centre of Hope London. Together, the two associations raised more than $33,000 for Centre of Hope London.

The London and St Thomas Association of REALTORS® (LSTAR) announced 2016 was a historic year for real estate, with residential sales surpassing 10,000 for the first time. In 2016, a total of 9,235 homes were sold, up 8.8% from 2015.

The London and St Thomas Association of REALTORS® (LSTAR) presented $12,000 to two local organizations Wednesday as part of its community investment program. LSTAR 2016 President Stacey Evoy and LSTAR CEO John S. Geha bestowed cheques of $4,500 to Investing in Children and $7,500 to Hockey Helps the Homeless.

At the last meeting of LSTAR's 2016 Board of Directors, the Association's 2016 President Stacey Evoy and LSTAR CEO John Geha presented a cheque for $25,000 to Julie McKenzie, Development Officer, London Health Sciences Foundation, and Julie Gerber, Adult Mental Health Eating Disorders Social Worker, to be used towards kitchen equipment, including appliances and upgrades to the Adult Eating Disorder Clinic's dining area. In 2015 LSTAR pledged to donate $50,000 over a two-year period (2016-2017) to the Clinic. The cheque presented today was in fulfillment of LSTAR's commitment for 2016.