Property ManagementHomeSeekers,eBay Get Builder Homesite Inc. Listings
HomeSeekers.com (NASDAQ: HMSK) has entered into a strategic relationship
with Builder Homesite, Inc. Builder Homesite (BHI) represents over 30 of the
Nation’s largest homebuilders, including over 60 local and national builder
brands responsible for building nearly 200,000 new homes annually.
HomeSeekers will provide key technology services for BHI with respect to
their online listing site that launches in July. The widely used HomeSeekers
CityNet Product will be enhanced to provide BHI NewHome properties. HomeSeekers
will also display BHI new home properties on its HomeSeekers.com national real
estate portal. The expanded CityNet will allow all real estate agents and other
resale real estate web sites to access the CityNet—BHI NewHome database.
As a key element of the strategic relationship, HomeSeekers.com will also
develop a listing advertising and builder advertising strategy, including rates
and services to be offered to BHI members, for the inclusion of new home
listings under the Real Estate Category at eBay.com, as part of HomeSeekers’
marketing alliance with eBay.
John Giaimo, Chief Executive Officer of HomeSeekers.com, stated: “We are
tremendously excited about the relationship with this premier builder
consortium. It gives us a significantly expanded channel to market versions of
HomeSeekers Lightning products to the thousands of builders in the United
States and provide enhanced services to our current agent customer base of
250,000.”
Founded in the spring of 2000, Builder Homesite is funded by the following
top national builders: American Heritage Homes, Beazer Homes USA, Inc., Capital
Pacific Holdings, Centex Corporation, D.R. Horton, Inc., David Weekley Homes,
Del Webb, The Drees Company, Gateway Homes, Highland Homes, Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc., KB Homes, Lennar Corporation, M.D.C. Holdings, Medallion
Homes, Morrison Homes, Neumann Homes, Orleans Homebuilders, Perry Homes, Pulte
Homes, Ryan Building Group, The Ryland Group, Inc., Schuler Homes, Inc.,
Signature Homes, Sivage Thomas Homes, Toll Brothers and Weyerhaeuser Real
Estate. Builder Homesite will serve the interests of new homebuilders by
providing products, tools and services that make finding, owning and living in
a new home easier, simpler and more convenient. The company is headquartered
in Austin, Texas. The 30 consortium members represent over $38 billion in gross
revenue for 2000 and build over 200,000 homes across the continental United
States