For Realtors(R), It Pays to Be a Good Neighbor

Applications Open for $10,000 Grants

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association
of Realtors(R) is seeking nominations for its eighth annual Good Neighbor
Awards, which recognizes Realtors(R) whose extraordinary commitment to
volunteer work has enhanced and improved their communities.

The five winners will be announced in November in REALTOR(R) Magazine
and recognized at the 2007 REALTORS(R) Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. Each
winner will receive travel expenses to the conference, national media
exposure for his or her community cause, and a $10,000 grant. In addition
to the winners, five honorable mentions will each receive a $2,500 grant.
Last year's program drew more than 300 entries.

"The Good Neighbor Awards program highlights the volunteer work that
Realtors(R) across the country are quietly doing to help others in their
communities," said NAR President Pat Vredevoogd Combs, of Grand Rapids,
Mich., and vice president of Coldwell Banker-AJS-Schmidt. "These people
don't expect any recognition, but they certainly deserve the spotlight. I'm
proud that the Good Neighbor Awards allows NAR to honor some of the many
Realtors(R) who strengthen their communities through volunteer work."

Last year's winners contributed a combined total of nearly 7,000 hours
to their causes. The 2006 winners were Ernest "Chuck" Ayala, Ayala Real
Estate, San Francisco, founder of Centro Latino de San Francisco senior
center; Rob Cronin, Coldwell Banker, Conklin & Co., Hailey, Idaho, the
driving force of the American Cancer Society's Camp Rainbow Gold; Sharon
Friend, Las Vegas Realty, Las Vegas, president of The Children's Service
Guild; Lolita Junk, Diversified Real Estate Services/GMAC, Galesburg, Ill.,
founder of Knox County Teen Court; and David Sonenberg, The Sonenberg Co.,
Roswell, Ga., president of North Fulton Community Charities.

"We hope the magazine's Good Neighbor Awards will inspire all of NAR's
1.3 million Realtors(R) to help improve the quality of life in their
communities," said REALTOR(R) Magazine Editorial Director Pamela Geurds
Kabati. "This award program is fundamentally about calling attention to how
one person can make a difference."

Good Neighbor Awards winners say their charities benefit from much more
than the grant money. "When I received the Good Neighbor Award, it
immediately brought attention to both of the projects I was working on,"
said Craig Conant, Warrensburg, Mo., a 2001 Good Neighbor Awards winner.
"The publicity let people know about the needs of Big Brothers/Big Sisters
and brought a great deal of attention to the Children's Memorial Park. We
received other donations and new volunteers from the publicity."

REALTOR(R) Magazine's Good Neighbor Awards is sponsored by
eNeighborhoods Inc., Fannie Mae, and LandAmerica Financial Group Inc.
Additional support comes from Phillip McGinnis, McGinnis Commercial Real
Estate, Dover, Del.

"I get energized by what Realtors(R) are accomplishing at the
grassroots level in their communities," says Stu Siegel, CEO of
eNeighborhoods Inc. and founding sponsor of the Good Neighbor Awards, who
also personally contributes to the program through his family's charitable
foundation. "What I find most incredible about the Good Neighbor Awards
recipients is that despite the tremendous amount of time they devote to
their projects, they unanimously feel that they would be less successful
without integrating community service into their businesses. These people
are truly role models for all Realtors(R)."

Good Neighbor Awards entries must be received by May 25, 2007. For more
details and a nomination form, call 800/874-6500, go to
http://www.REALTOR.org/realtormag and click the Good Neighbor button, or
see the March 2007 issue of REALTOR(R) Magazine.

Since 1997, eNeighborhoods Inc., () the
nation's premier compiler of home and neighborhood information, has been
providing real estate professionals with a comprehensive set of tools and
services to attract and retain home buyers and sellers with the most up-to-
date, localized information about properties, neighborhoods and schools.
eNeighborhoods is a REALTOR(R) Benefits(SM) partner.

Fannie Mae (http://www.fanniemae.com) is a private, shareholder-owned
company based in Washington, D.C., that provides financial products and
services that make it possible for low-, moderate-, and middle-income
families to buy homes. Since 1968, Fannie Mae has helped more than 63
million families achieve homeownership.

LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (http://www.landam.com),
headquartered in Richmond, Va., is a leading provider of real estate
transaction services. Through its many subsidiaries, LandAmerica serves
residential and commercial customers with more than 1,000 offices and a
network of 10,000 active agents throughout the United States, Mexico,
Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe. LandAmerica is recognized
on Fortune magazine's 2006 list of America's most admired companies and is
ranked as a Fortune 500 and Forbes Platinum 400 company.

REALTOR(R) Magazine is the award-winning magazine of the National
Association of Realtors(R), Chicago.

The National Association of Realtors(R), "The Voice for Real Estate,"
is America's largest trade association, representing more than 1.3 million
members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real
estate industries.

Information about NAR is available at http://www.REALTOR.org. This and
other news releases are posted in the Web site's "News Media" section in
the NAR Media Center.

SOURCE The National Association of Realtors(R)