Long & Foster set to absorb local real estate company

Long & Foster Real Estate Inc. is getting even more local flavor.

Late last week, the largest privately owned real estate company in the mid-Atlantic region announced that it will merge with Fiola Blum Realtors Inc. Absorbing their 60-agent pool ? which will move from Pikesville to Lutherville ? Long & Foster will be able to offer the Fiola Blum employees an improved infrastructure to work with, in addition to improved Internet and computer services, said Harry Blum, owner of Fiola Blum.