SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
April 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Realtor.com®, a leading online real estate
destination operated by News Corp [NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA]; [ASX: NWS,
NWSLV] subsidiary Move, Inc., and HomeAdvisor, a leading nationwide
home services digital marketplace, today announced a new agreement
to integrate HomeAdvisor's True Cost Guide on
realtor.com® listings. The addition provides homeowners
and dreamers with valuable information about average national and
local project costs and trends in popular home repair and
improvement projects.
All cost data from HomeAdvisor's True Cost Guide comes from data
submitted by real homeowners to provide consumers with local
project costs for over 300 types of home projects.
Realtor.com® users also have access to HomeAdvisor's
nationwide network of pre-screened service professionals to help
them complete their home projects. Service professionals in
HomeAdvisor's network undergo a criminal and financial background
check prior to joining, and are customer-rated and reviewed.
"Home buyers and sellers rely on realtor.com® for the
most comprehensive and accurate real estate listing information,"
said Ray Picard, executive vice
president of sales for Move. "Our new agreement with HomeAdvisor
helps us put even more real estate-related information at their
fingertips, no matter if they are looking for a home or want to
improve the one they own."
"Last year, over 10 million homeowners trusted HomeAdvisor to
find a professional for their home projects," said Adam Burrows, HomeAdvisor's senior vice
president of business and corporate development. "This agreement
extends that trusted resource to realtor.com® users
looking to gain the best returns on their biggest investments —
their homes."
To access local home improvement costs, get up to speed on
renovation trends, or read reviews on home professionals,
realtor.com® users can simply click the HomeAdvisor True
Cost Guide widget on the right-hand side of any "recently sold" or
"not for sale" home listing.
About Move, Inc. and realtor.com®
Move, Inc. operates the realtor.com® website and
mobile experiences, which provide buyers, sellers and renters of
homes with the information, tools and professional expertise they
need to discover and create their perfect home. News Corp [NASDAQ:
NWS, NWSA] [ASX: NWS, NWSLV] acquired Move in November 2014, and realtor.com®
quickly established itself as the fastest growing online real
estate service provider as measured by comScore.
As the official website of the National Association of
REALTORS®, consumers know they can look
to realtor.com® for the most comprehensive and
accurate information anytime, anywhere. With relationships
with nearly 800 multiple listing services
(MLS), realtor.com® has more than 3 million
for-sale listings, which account for more than 97 percent of all
MLS-listed for-sale properties. More than 90 percent of the
listings are updated every 15 minutes. Move's network of websites
provides consumers a wealth of innovative tools,
including Doorsteps®, Moving.com™,
SeniorHousingNetSM and others. Move supports real
estate professionals by providing many services to grow their
businesses in an increasing digital, on-demand world,
including ListHub™, the nation's leading listing syndicator
and centralized intelligence platform for the real estate
industry; TigerLead®; Top Producer®
Systems;
and FiveStreetSM and Reesio as well
as many free services.
About HomeAdvisor
HomeAdvisor is a nationwide digital home services
marketplace providing homeowners the tools and resources they need
to complete their home repair, maintenance and improvement
projects. HomeAdvisor's marketplace makes it easy for homeowners to
view average home project costs from coast to coast, using True
Cost Guide, find and schedule local prescreened home professionals
using ProFinder technology, and instantly book appointments using
online booking or HomeAdvisor's award-winning iOS and Android
mobile apps. Homeowners can access HomeAdvisor's resources for
free. No membership or fees are required. HomeAdvisor is based in
Golden, Colo., and is an operating
business of IAC (NASDAQ: IAC).
Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains certain "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These statements are based on management's views and
assumptions regarding future events and business performance as of
the time the statements are made. Actual results may differ
materially from these expectations due to changes in global
economic, business, competitive market and regulatory and other
factors. More detailed information about these and other factors
that could affect future results is contained in News Corp's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
"forward-looking statements" included in this document are made
only as of the date of this document and we do not have any
obligation to publicly update any "forward-looking statements" to
reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by
law.
Media Contacts:
Realtor.com® – Lexie Puckett
Holbert – lexie.puckett@move.com – 805-557-3151
HomeAdvisor – Brooke Gabbert –
bgabbert@homeadvisor.com – 303-963-8173
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SOURCE realtor.com