Press Release

HomeFinder and Century21 Announce Advertising Agreement

08.04.09 HomeFinder.com® and CENTURY 21 Real Estate Announce Advertising Agreement

CHICAGO, IL HomeFinder.com,, a leading national real estate search site that connects home buyers and sellers with comprehensive property listings and real estate professionals, and Century 21 Real Estate, LLC
, the franchisor of the world’s largest residential real estate sales organization, are pleased to announce a national advertising agreement. This relationship enhances the exposure for CENTURY 21® System broker listings on HomeFinder.com and its network of 130-plus online newspapers throughout the country.

“The HomeFinder.com partnership offers another example of the CENTURY 21 brand delivering enhanced value to consumers and to our brokers and agents through powerful online advertising initiatives,” said Bev Thorne, senior vice president of marketing, Century 21 Real Estate LLC. “Our marketing is focused on meeting consumers online, providing them with the tools they want and then driving them to our franchisees for the information they need to make an informed home buying or selling decision.”

The national advertising agreement is the latest in a series of HomeFinder.com partnerships with the CENTURY 21 brand. In 2008, HomeFinder.com also formed advertising partnerships with multiple CENTURY 21 regional broker councils to enhance listings spanning from Northern California to the Northwest Inland Empire and Southern Idaho, among others.

“We’re excited to deliver additional traffic, visibility and opportunity to the CENTURY 21 System through this advertising partnership,” said Tim Fagan, president and chief executive officer of HomeFinder.com. “HomeFinder.com will supercharge all CENTURY 21 broker office listings with top priority listing placement and unlimited photo uploads that will deliver maximum exposure to an unduplicated and targeted audience across our Network of 130-plus newspaper Web sites.”

About HomeFinder.com®

HomeFinder.com is a leading online real estate search site and provider of strategic digital marketing solutions. 3.4 million visitors each month gain access to almost 4 million online real estate listings. The 20,000 real estate agents that comprise the HomeFinder.com advertising network utilize a unique suite of product offerings; including a patent pending Single Property Website. Through a national affiliate network of 375 online newspaper partners, HomeFinder.com is the only real estate search site to also provide relevant listing content to homebuyers through local online newspaper portals.

HomeFinder.com is owned jointly by three leading media companies, Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Co. (NYSE: MNI) and Tribune Co., and is an affiliated company of Classified Ventures, LLC, which owns and operates three leading online businesses: Apartments.com, Cars.com and HomeGain.com.

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