CHICAGO - (Business Wire)
Homescape®, the leading real estate search and information Web site, today announced the launch of a guest blogger series to its consumer-focused blog,
Opening Doors. This addition will feature some of the country
’s leading real estate and home design experts, invoking questions and commentary to the blog posts.
“Homescape is excited to offer a variety of expert blogger perspectives and industry insight to our consumer base,” said Tim Fagan, President of Classified Ventures’ Real Estate Division. “We hope this guest blogger series will create an open dialog and promote discussion between our consumers and experts.”
The Opening Doors guest blogger series to date has featured industry experts Frank Schulte-Ladbeck and Craig Schiller and has received positive feedback from consumers. Schulte-Ladbeck is a Texas-based home inspector and active industry blogger. Schiller is the founder of the premier company for staged homes in metro Chicago, Real Estaging, and is one of the most widely read staging bloggers on the Internet. Both have had the opportunity to exchange opinions and information with interested consumers since guest blogging on Opening Doors.
Homescape’s Opening Doors blog separates fact from the spin and provides consumer-driven information on the housing market. From serious commentary on real estate and mortgage news to useful home improvement tips, Opening Doors offers consumers a unique, timely and relevant overview of the trends and issues that arise in this ever-changing market. For other industry insiders wishing to lend their expertise to interested consumers actively participating on our Opening Doors blog, please contact openingdoorsblog@homescape.com.
Homescape is a division of Chicago-based Classified Ventures, LLC, a strategic joint venture owned by Belo Corporation, Gannett Co., Inc., The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company. The site now powers listing search tools and mapping technology for homes from major national and local partners, while still connecting consumers with long-time newspaper resale and new construction partners.
About Homescape
Homescape provides local, comprehensive property listings and rich content to consumers nationwide, while delivering a suite of advertising solutions that offer choice and results to meet the individual needs of real estate agents, brokers, builders and private party advertisers. Homescape also serves a network of over 140 local online newspaper Web sites nationwide. Our network includes The Arizona Republic (www.azcentral.com), Chicago Tribune (www.chicagotribune.com), The Dallas Morning News (www.dallasnews.com), The Miami Herald (www.miamiherald.com) and The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com). For more information, visit http://www.homescape.com/.
About Classified Ventures, LLC
Classified Ventures is a strategic joint venture among five media companies, including Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC), Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Co. (NYSE: MNI), Tribune Co. (NYSE: TRB) and The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO), whose objectives are to collectively capitalize on the revenue growth in the online advertising categories of automotive, real estate and rentals. To execute on its objectives, Classified Ventures has four leading businesses – Apartments.com, Cars.com, HomeGain and Homescape. Visit http://www.classifiedventures.com.
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