CHICAGO, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- HomeFinder.com and
Builders Digital Experience (BDX) today announced that they are
expanding their existing partnership to bring together one of the
fastest growing real estate sites and the largest database of new
construction data, to become a new home listings powerhouse. Now
consumers who visit HomeFinder.com or one of the newspaper Web
sites in their robust Network, including LATimes.com,
AZCentral.com, ChicagoTribune.com and MiamiHerald.com, will have
access to comprehensive information about new homes and communities
from NewHomeSource.com.
"With this newly expanded partnership, everyone wins," said
Tim Costello, CEO of BDX
(www.thebdx.com). "Not only will consumers who search for real
estate on HomeFinder.com have more choices than ever, but this
expanded relationship also gives our builders even more
opportunities to reach home buyers locally and nationally through
HomeFinder.com's unparalleled Network and reach."
NewHomeSource.com (www.newhomesource.com) is the #1 new home
listing Web site built by leaders in the building industry, helping
builders market their new homes online for more than a decade. As
an effective media partner and trusted consumer resource where
homes and people find each other and connect with a real estate
professional, HomeFinder.com (www.homefinder.com) offers over 3.5
million homes for sale and online listing enhancement solutions to
more than 20,000 agent, broker and builder advertisers.
"BDX and NewHomeSource.com has always been a great partner for
us and we're thrilled to expand our relationship," said
Tim Fagan, CEO of HomeFinder.com.
"We're proud of our long history of commitment to delivering new
home listings to home buyers and sellers and effective, trackable
solutions to our builder customers. Builder and new home data has
always been a part of the HomeFinder.com strategy, and we look
forward to generating qualified phone calls and emails to BDX's
consortium of builders."
Builders who list their communities on NewHomeSoure.com will
automatically have their home and community details included on
HomeFinder.com and across the 130+ newspaper real estate sites that
are part of the HomeFinder.com Network. Builders can also enhance
their listings on HomeFinder.com to include features such as
priority placement, premier branding, trackable toll-free number
and on demand ROI reporting.
"We have worked with Builder Homesite for years to market our
new homes and we're excited that through the newly formed BDX and
this expanded partnership with HomeFinder.com, we will now be able
to provide our home and community information once to reach more
consumers and enhance our exposure across the HomeFinder.com
Network," said Kira McCarron, Chief
Marketing Officer of Toll Brothers, Inc.
About HomeFinder.com
HomeFinder.com is one of the most trusted Web sites for
consumers to search for a home and connect with a real estate
professional.
Distinguished by its inventory of comprehensive property
listings and rich content, HomeFinder.com provides more than 3.5
million listings with customized searches and multiple options to
view and manage results.
HomeFinder.com also provides simpler, more valuable online
advertising solutions for agents, brokers and builders, combining
the brand power of more than 130 local newspaper Web sites with
exposure on a national scope, in a platform that tracks every phone
call, email and click a consumer makes.
Owned jointly by three leading media companies, Gannett Co.
Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Co. (NYSE: MNI) and Tribune Co.,
the HomeFinder.com Network includes The Arizona
Republic, Chicago Tribune, The Miami
Herald, Los Angeles Times and The
Indianapolis Star.
About Builders Digital Experience
Builders Digital Experience, LLC (BDX) from Builder Homesite,
Inc. and Move, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE) was founded in October 2009 to combine the industry's leading
new home resources under one roof and offer builders innovative
online marketing options, streamlined customer service and support,
and greater value. BDX includes the top two new home websites,
NewHomeSource.com from Builder Homesite and the Move New Homes.
Additional services include video production, rich media rendering,
mobile search, custom website production, connections to real
estate professions, and more. Together these online and interactive
resources help builders create a true digital experience for their
buyers. For more information, visit
www.thebdx.com.
SOURCE HomeFinder.com