Standard and Poors Turns to RealtyRates.com for Real Estate Investment and Financial Data

Real Estate Investment and Financial Data. Leading Independent Financial Information and Analytical Services Firm Now Using RealtyRates.com Investor and Developer Surveys for Credit Risk Analysis.

BRADENTON, FLORIDA - April 25, 2002

Standard and Poors (http://www.StandardandPoors.com), the preeminent provider of independent financial information and analytical services has selected RealtyRates.com (http://www.RealtyRates.com) to provide specialized commercial real estate market, financial, and investment data.

The Real Estate Companies unit of S&P's Structured Finance division provides credit evaluations of securities collateralized by commercial mortgage loans, as well as ratings of debt obligations and preferred stock issued by such real estate-related companies as REITs and home builders. Standard and Poors is the leading ratings company in both areas and its Commercial Mortgage Criteria has become the industry standard.

RealtyRates.com's quarterly Investor Survey tracks mortgage and equity requirements and capitalization and discount rates for 32 income-producing property types. Its companion Developer Survey provides similar data for 22 sell-out property types such as subdivisions, residential and commercial condominiums, and business and industrial parks. Such data is essential to the valuation, disposition, and marketing of commercial real estate and provides insight into the performance and value of real estate development and investment companies, as well as commercial mortgage backed securities.

Standard and Poors joins a growing number of leading financial companies that have recently turned to Bradenton, FL-based RealtyRates.com for investment data including Bank of America Securities, Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse-First Boston, UBS Warburg, and Credit Lyonnais. The company's data is also widely utilized by commercial real estate appraisers, brokers, investors, and lenders nationwide and has been incorporated into educational programs at nine colleges and universities, as well as the CCIM Institute.