RealtyRates.com Signs Three New Affiliate Agreements

Commercial Real Estate Firms Join Content Enhancement and Marketing Network

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RealtyRates.com Signs Three New Affiliate Agreements

Commercial Real Estate Firms Join Content Enhancement and Marketing Network

BRADENTON, FLORIDA - December 6, 2001

Internet-based information service provider RealtyRates.com has announced three new affiliate content enhancement and marketing agreements with commercial real estate oriented firms in New Hampshire, Maryland and Montreal.

According to RealtyRates.com president Robert Watts, "...these agreements are further evidence of the growing demand for timely real estate data and information on the Internet in general, and for that delivered by RealtyRates.com in particular which continues to more than double in customers and revenue on a monthly basis."

The new RealtyRates.com affiliates include:

@Value Real Estate Valuation Software (http://www.atvalue.com) - User friendly @Value Excel-based income capitalization software is designed for commercial real estate appraisers, lenders, assessors, brokers and investors. @Value was developed by Thomas W. Armstrong, MAI, who also heads Holderness, NH-based Armstrong Appraisal & Consulting.

guide2mortgage.com (http://www.guide2mortgage.com) - guide2mortgage.com is a search-engine driven, commercial real estate mortgage lender directory designed primarily for commercial real estate mortgage brokers. It serves as a means to quickly find qualified lenders for specific properties and provides detailed underwriting criteria and contact information on each.

Vandema Commercial (www.vandema.com) - With links to directories, stats, maps, discussion forums and more, Montreal, QC-based Vandema Commercial is the major commercial real estate directory serving North America including the US, Canada and Mexico. The site is operated by Vandema Investments, Inc.

Portions of RealtyRates.com's award-winning quarterly Investor Survey will now be available directly from the @Value, guide2mortgage.com, and Vandema Commercial Web sites. Joint marketing efforts have also been initiated to synergistically increase traffic to all sites.

With its proprietary market research, Bradenton, Florida-based RealtyRates.com (www.RealtyRates.com) supports commercial property analysts, appraisers, assessors, brokers, developers, investors, and lenders nationwide. Its flagship quarterly Investor Survey provides mortgage and equity requirements and capitalization and discount rates by property type, data essential to the evaluation and marketing of income producing property. Its Web site also serves as a largely free online news, research and reference center.

For Further Information, contact

Robert Watts
RealtyRates.com
rgwatts@RealtyRates.com
941.795.6219