SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Realtor.com®, the leader in online real estate, operated
by Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE), today announced that its
realtor.com® international website was honored with a
Global Achievement Award by the National Association of
REALTORS® (NAR) during NAR's International Night Out
Gala on Nov. 9 in San Francisco. The Global Achievement Award is
presented to companies achieving excellence in global business
services by fostering the exchange of timely and accurate real
estate information across borders and helping to create and grow
international relationships among real estate professionals.
"Our international business services initiative has concentrated
on delivering the best listing information and tools to connect
buyers, sellers and REALTORS® across the global
marketplace," said Eleonore Rojas,
vice president of partnerships and product integration for
realtor.com® and a driving force of the
realtor.com® international site. "We are deeply honored
to be recognized by the NAR community for our role in helping
provide REALTORS® with a platform to market listings to
the growing international audience and to connect with customers in
their native languages and familiar metrics. We have had tremendous
adoption since the launch of realtor.com® international
three years ago with more than 1 million non-U.S. monthly visitors
to our sites."
Realtor.com® international includes international
homes for sale, land, commercial and rental listings from
the United States and 36
additional countries, along with international data content
aggregated monthly. The site displays search options, listing
information translations, multiple home size conversions and 22
different currencies. The 11 languages currently supported are:
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch,
Chinese, Russian, Korean and Japanese. The website also
incorporates and accounts for key real estate market
differentiators across countries and cultures, such as units of
measurement and room count (number of bedrooms versus total number
of rooms), to enable real estate agents as well as consumers to
make informed choices based on the parameters most familiar to
them.
"Our website provides accessible information to consumers and
the ability to connect buyers and sellers," Rojas said. "We are
extremely proud of the progress that has been made, and we will
continue to expand internationally."
For more details about realtor.com®'s international
website please visit www.realtor.com/international.
To view a complete list of Global Achievement Award winners
please visit
http://www.realtor.org/articles/2013-nar-global-award-winners.
About realtor.com®
Operated by Move, Inc., (NASDAQ: MOVE), realtor.com®
helps connect people with the content, tools and expertise they
need to find their perfect home. As the official website of
the National Association of REALTORS®,
realtor.com® empowers consumers
to make the smartest decisions when it comes to finding a home by
leveraging direct connections with more than 800 MLSs to deliver
the most accurate and up-to-date listing information in
neighborhoods across the country, and by making timely and
meaningful connections between consumers and
REALTORS®. Whether through desktop, mobile, or
tablet versions, realtor.com® is where home happens.
About Move, Inc.
Move, Inc. (MOVE), the leader in
online real estate, operates realtor.com®, the official
website of the National Association of REALTORS®;
Move.com, a leading destination for new homes and rental listings,
moving, home and garden, and home finance; ListHub™, the leading
syndicator of real estate listings; Moving.com™; SeniorHousingNet;
SocialBios; Doorsteps®; TigerLead®; and Top
Producer® Systems. Move is based in San Jose, Calif.
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