e-Agent and HomeGain to Align Residential Real Estate Agent Products and Services

New York and Emeryville, CA (PRWEB) May 31, 2004 --- e-Agent and HomeGain, providers of online marketing products and services for residential real estate professionals and their customers, announced today that the two companies have signed an agreement designed to generate and maximize sales leads by aligning their Web-based portfolios of products and services.

Under terms of the contract, e-Agent members will benefit with HomeGains new product, BuyerLink which delivers qualified home buyers to their website in their appropriate geographic markets. As one of the largest real estate sites on the Internet, HomeGain may increase visitors to e-Agent websites by 15-25% due to their extensive reach and search engine optimization expertise.

This is great news for e-Agent real estate professionals," said e-Agent President Josh Konowe. Our agent members can look forward to increased value through significantly enhanced exposure and more quality visitors at the same price point theyre already paying."

This agreement provides our consumers with access to agents who have invested in their websites and have the tools to deliver the services consumers are looking for in todays marketplace," stated Glenn Houck, senior vice president of HomeGains agent network. With over three million visitors each month to homegain.com, a partnership with e-Agent meets HomeGains goal of providing consumers with the services they need to conduct one of their most important transactions." Both companies expressed the hope that this initial agreement will pave the way for a more comprehensive partnership to better serve their members and deliver value to the industry.

HomeGain is the largest provider of customized services to consumers using the Internet to sell or buy a home. Its Agent Evaluator feature is the only personalized referral service that matches consumers with the best local real estate agent from a nationwide network of more than 52,000 real estate professionals. Users can also access a full range of home buying and selling tools, services and content to research home listings, value a property, prepare a home for sale, secure a loan, arrange a move, or make home improvements. More than 2.4 million consumers have registered at the HomeGain Web site www.homegain.com since its inception in 1999. HomeGain is a licensed real estate broker. State license information is available at http://homegain.com/broker.
e-Agent, Inc. was founded by real estate brokers and agents to combine the efficiency of Internet technology with the one-to-one professional contact that is a hallmark and necessary component of the industry. The company's suite of products and services allows real estate professionals to maximize the potential of online marketing without having to take time away from the business of helping their clients buy and sell homes. For more information, please visit www.e-agent.biz.

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Media Contacts:
Adam Konowe, Director of Communications
e-Agent
571-594-4484 or adam@e-agent.biz

Anne Casanova, Director of Marketing
HomeGain
510-655-0800 x4171 or anne@homegain.com