Ihomefinder Corp and RealBird, Announce Their Agreement to Add the RealBird Mapping Service to IhomeFinder Online IDX Websites and Listings

IHOMEFINDER Inc, a provider of Real Estate IDX website systems has agreed to add RealBirds Web-based mapping service to its online listings inventory. The RealBird service includes street, aerial and topographical maps and various visualized data layers, with interactive hotspots that can be linked to photos, websites or virtual tours leading to a superior home buying experience.

Redwood City, CA (PRWEB) February 28, 2005 -- IHOMEFINDER Inc, a provider of Real Estate IDX website systems has agreed to add RealBirds Web-based mapping service to its online listings inventory. The RealBird service includes street, aerial and topographical maps and various visualized data layers, with interactive hotspots that can be linked to photos, websites or virtual tours leading to a superior home buying experience.

RealBird is a great add-on to our website service" said Brett DeSchepper, President of iHomeFinder. It is a complete, innovative plug-and-play mapping service that replaces the advertising--laden public mapping links for real estate listings. When homebuyers are looking for a home, they want to get a good feel for the neighborhood and local environment, in addition to seeing the interior of the house. RealBird not only helps with geographical location, but also offers valuable environmental, commerce and other information relevant to the homebuyer in a user-friendly, convenient way. Also, it was important to us that integration to our database of 50,000+ listings can be done easily, and the newly released RealBird API fulfills exactly that requirement."

Gabriel Gross, Founder of RealBird remarked: We are truly very pleased that iHomefinder chose to work with us. They are a premier provider of technology to the real estate industry and can help us tremendously in penetrating the real estate market. I believe that this agreement is a clear win-win situation, where the whole is more than just the sum of the parts. We believe that together we can better grow our businesses and increase market shares."

About iHomefinder Inc.

iHomefinders Lead Capture IDX system empowers real estate professionals to increase sales, improve productivity, enhance customer service, and compete successfully in the online real estate marketplace. iHomefinder uses Internet Data Exchange (IDX) as its core MLS search engine, tailored to the location of each client, and offers many web site tools that capture more leads and provide services that build customer loyalty for Realtors. iHomefinders programs integrate seamlessly into any real estate web site using the agent or office branding and web site design. To learn more about iHomefinders services visit http://www.iHomefinder.com/.

About RealBird:

RealBird, a division of Donationchannel.org (http://www.realbird.com, http://www.donationchannel.org ) is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. The company provides a unique, hosted mapping and GIS solution to the real estate industry. Vast amounts of location related data are available in databases scattered throughout private and public governmental agencies, but homebuyers need to expend a lot of effort to search for and then interpret and understand the information that relates to a particular property that they might consider purchasing. By displaying various types of maps with real estate-relevant pictorial data, the RealBird service becomes a valuable complement to any real estate website, ultimately helping homebuyers make better decisions.

RealBird and DonationChannel are trademarks of Donationchannel, Inc.

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