Press Release

CHICAGO, IL Homescape®, the leading online provider of local, comprehensive real estate property listings and rich content, today announced that it will partner with Real Living, one of the nation's fastest-growing real estate franchisors. Real Living, which covers 20 states with more than 160 offices and nearly 4,000 associates nationwide, brings an additional 13,000 listings to the Web site.

“As a pioneer in real estate new business solutions, bringing Real Living to Homescape is just a natural fit,” said Frank Breithaupt, vice president and general manager of Homescape. “Real Living's commitment to innovation and the implementation of new ideas is much like ours, and we look forward to working with them to achieve great results.”

“Partnering with Homescape allows us to provide additional online exposure for our agents, brokers and their listings to a targeted, local audience of home buyers,” said Kaira Sturdivant Rouda, president of Real Living. “It's just one more of the great tools we are able to offer our agents to ensure they succeed.”

Homescape® is a division of Chicago-based Classified Ventures, LLC, a strategic joint venture owned by Belo Corporation, Gannett Co., Inc., The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company. The Homescape Web site provides consumers and advertisers across America easy access to more than two million homes for sale, and powers search tools and mapping technology for homes from major national and local partners.

In addition to the property listings and nine million property photos, Homescape simplifies the home search for buyers by allowing them to find resale, new construction, newspaper classifieds and open house properties from across the country. Homescape offers consumers one simple search with multiple options to view and manage results. The site also provides advertising opportunities with unlimited text and photos for real estate professionals, offering rich content and exposure to serious, local home buyers.