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RealEstate.Com Mobile Suite Grows Adding iPhone and Google Android Compatible Web Sites

Posted on: Monday, 3 November 2008, 09:00 CST

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Today RealEstate.com announces the addition of iPhone and Google Android compatible Web sites to its growing mobile phone suite called RealEstate.com Mobile. The new mobile Web sites are free for iPhone and Google Android phone users and provide access to more than two million home listings nationwide. Visitors can search homes for sale nationally, and also have the ability to view home estimates from RealEstate.com's Home Price Check(R) tool, which includes more than 97 million values from across the country.

"In light of today's tough housing market, RealEstate.com is doing everything it can to help consumers get their hands on current and useful data so they can make smart decisions when looking for and purchasing homes," says Greg Hanson, vice president of product excellence, RealEstate.com. "Our goal is to empower consumers with information about their home search when they want it and how they want it. Today's enhancements to our mobile suite enables an additional 11 million users to view property information on the fly, combined with the more than 50 million who already have access to our mobile data services through AT&T and Sprint."

Users can browse the RealEstate.com Web site directly from their iPhone or Google Android phone by visiting http://www.realestate.com/iphone or http://www.realestate.com/android , or for short, http://i.re.com/ or http://a.re.com/ . For easy access, users can also add a RealEstate.com icon to their phone desktop by book-marking the applicable page. Searching for homes is as easy as entering a zip code, city and state, or Multiple Listing Service (MLS) number. For more detailed searches, users can also filter by price range, number of bedrooms, and number of bathrooms.

When the search results appear on the users' iPhone or Google Android phone displays, they can then dive into the details of the exterior and interior of each home, view the properties on a map, or email homes for sale to friends and family or themselves to view later. Search results include single family homes, multi-family homes, land, townhouses, or condos. A key feature of RealEstate.com's application empowers users to access a national network of real estate professionals who are local specialists and available to help. When they are ready to visit homes for sale, learn about a neighborhood, or negotiate a deal, users can call an agent with one touch.

RealEstate.com Mobile for iPhone and Google Android powered phones feature:

-- Easy RealEstate.com access directly from the iPhone and Google Android phones, including a one-click-to-open icon option -- More than two million for sale MLS listings from across the country -- Over 97 million home values nationwide -- One step click-to-call option to schedule an appointment with a real estate professional -- Property details including number of bedrooms and bathrooms, price, lot size, rooms on each level, interior features, exterior features, and more -- All for sale listing photographs, when available -- Maps with the exact location of a home with zoom in or out functionality

The RealEstate.com Mobile application is currently available to 50 million AT&T and Sprint subscribers and now can be used by iPhone and Google Android users. In the coming months, RealEstate.com Mobile will also be customized for use with BlackBerry devices. To view the RealEstate.com Mobile options, please visit http://www.realestate.com/mobile . iPhone users can visit http://www.realestate.com/iphone while Google Android users can visit http://www.realestate.com/android.

About RealEstate.com

RealEstate.com gives consumers a better way to buy or sell homes through a comprehensive suite of real estate services, tools and helpful advice. The site provides access to more than two million homes for sale, 97 million home values and a unique deep-dive view into more than 22,000 cities reaching every metropolitan area in the U.S.

RealEstate.com is a division of LendingTree, LLC, which is a subsidiary of Tree.com, Inc. .

CONTACT: Allison Vail 704-943-8339 allison.vail@realestate.com

RealEstate.com

CONTACT: Allison Vail of RealEstate.com, +1-704-943-8339,allison.vail@realestate.com

Web site: http://www.realestate.com/http://www.realestate.com/mobilehttp://www.realestate.com/iphonehttp://www.realestate.com/androidhttp://i.re.com/http://a.re.com/http://www.lendingtree.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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