MSNBC.com Selects HouseValues as the Network's Exclusive Home Buying and Selling Service
Top Internet News Site and One of North America's Fastest Growing Technology Companies Join Forces to Provide Consumers With Home Buying and Selling Services
REDMOND, WA, Dec 19, 2005 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- HouseValues Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLD) today announced the company has signed a two-year strategic partnership with MSNBC.com, a top Internet news site, that designates HomePages(TM) as its exclusive home buying and selling service.
Under the terms of the deal, real estate related content and services from HouseValues and the company's new home buying and selling service, www.HomePages.com, will be featured throughout MSNBC.com, which features content from NBC's "Dateline NBC," "Today," "NBC Nightly News," and others. HomePages also will be the exclusive sponsors of the real estate classified section on MSNBC.com.
"We're excited to partner with HouseValues and its HomePages service as the real estate provider on the site," said Charlie Tillinghast, President, MSNBC.com. "MSNBC.com home buyers and sellers will benefit greatly from their expert real estate services."
As part of the arrangement, HomePages will have a dedicated placement on MSNBC.com. HomePages is the first national home buying and selling service to combine high-resolution aerial maps with detailed home listings and local search and directory information. The service also offers home valuations, customized home listings alerts, and mortgage comparison shopping all in one site.
"We're pleased to be chosen as the exclusive real estate partner to MSNBC.com," said Ian Morris, CEO of HouseValues Inc. "With 3 out of 4 consumers using the Internet to find their next home, this partnership is a great way for real estate professionals to be sure that their listings are prominently seen by today's home buyers."
Morris added that as the company enters 2006, this strategic relationship will help ensure that Internet consumers that use HomePages.com have access to a network of the nation's leading real estate professionals.
For busy real estate professionals, HomePages offers a unique opportunity to promote and feature themselves and their home listings to consumers searching in specific neighborhoods. To learn more about being featured on HomePages, real estate professionals are encouraged to visit www.homepagesmarketing.com or call HouseValues toll-free, 877-732-9509.
About HouseValues Inc.
Founded in 1999, HouseValues Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLD) provides consumers and real estate professionals with the information and tools they need for success throughout the home buying and selling process. The company's flagship consumer products include HomePages.com(TM), a lifestyle and neighborhood-centric home buying and selling service; TheLoanPage.com, a service that provides current and prospective home owners with competitive mortgage and refinance quotes from leading lenders; HouseValues.com(R), a service that provides home sellers with market valuations of their current home; and JustListed.com(TM), a service that alerts home buyers as soon as new homes hit the market that meet their criteria. Learn more at www.housevaluesinc.com.
About MSNBC.com
MSNBC.com, the award-winning news site widely recognized as the best on the Internet, is the exclusive online channel for the NBC Universal News family, which includes the "Today show," "NBC Nightly News," "Dateline NBC," "Meet the Press," and MSNBC TV. MSNBC.com's driving force is to provide the optimal consumer experience, presenting a diverse range of original content and the best from our partners in a rich multi-media environment that includes interactive features and free streaming video, allowing users to access the news and information they want, when they want it, 24 hours a day. Based in Redmond, Wash., MSNBC.com is a joint venture of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and NBC Universal News (NYSE: GE).
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Media Contact: Kristin Treat HouseValues Inc. Public Relations Manager 425.952.6691 direct kristint@housevalues.com
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