Enquiries Increase at rentalhomesplus.com

US listing service rentalhomesplus.com is reporting an 8 percent rise in tenant enquiries from the first to the third quarter of 2009. The website states it received 47,882 calls in the first quarter, followed by 54,130 in the second and 60,216 in the third.
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homefinder.com Launches Print Ad Campaign

US real estate listings website homefinder.com, previously known as homescape.com, has launched a print advertising campaign.
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HomeGain’s Home Values on washingtonpost.com

HomeGain, Inc. today announced that its instant home valuation tool is now available on washingtonpost.com.
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apartments.com Acquires apartmenthomeliving.com

US specialist apartment portal, apartments.com, has acquired social media apartments website apartmenthomeliving.com.
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homescape.com Becomes homefinder.com

Real estate listings website homescape.com has changed its name to homefinder.com. The rebranding coincides with a new logo, look and feel for US based homefinder.com.

RISmedia reports that according to the company, the new name better reflects what the website offers and what consumers want – to find a home. The decision came after a long process of qualitative and quantitative research.

homefinder.com has over 2.7 million property listings nationwide, plus a network of 125 online newspaper partners and 23,000 advertisers. It is a division of Classified Ventures, LLC, which is owned by five leading media companies: Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC), Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI), Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) and The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). It is one of four websites the company owns, with the others being apartments.com, cars.com and homegain.com.

“The new name reflects our commitment to deliver a world-class home search and information website,” Tim Fagan, president of Classified Ventures’ Real Estate Division was quoted as saying. “HomeFinder.com is still an unmatched site with a prominent and complete group of newspaper and industry partners connecting home buyers and sellers with local home listings and information. Our site not only offers agents, brokers and builders an ideal marketing platform to advertise their listings to a wide local audience, but also has robust features and resources that will keep consumers returning to the site often for a varied selection of information.”