AUSTIN, TX -- 07/23/07 --
Yahoo! Real Estate, one of the Web's leading
online real estate resources, has collaborated with NewHomeSource.com, the
most complete new home marketplace, to provide consumers the ability to
search new construction homes listings from across the country.
NewHomeSource.com is the flagship product of Builder Homesite (BHI), the
leading homebuilding organization with over 9,700 communities listed
throughout the United States. By joining forces with BHI, Yahoo! Real
Estate provides users access to one of the most accurate, up-to-date, and
comprehensive new homes data available online.
Communities listed on NewHomeSource will automatically be displayed in the
featured listings placements on Yahoo! Real Estate. "By combining the
extensive new home community data found within NewHomeSource.com with
Yahoo! Real Estate's user interface and reach, we are providing consumers
with an easy and effective method to find the new home of their dreams,"
said Tim Costello, CEO of Builder Homesite.
"New homes continue to be an attractive option for many home buyers," said
Michael Yang, vice president and general manager of Yahoo! Real Estate.
"In teaming with BHI, one of the strongest players in the new home market,
we can ensure our users have access to the largest selection of new homes
being constructed across the country."
Builders will benefit from better exposure and additional advertising
opportunities. "NewHomeSource.com is always looking for ways to expand our
reach to consumers, and Yahoo! Real Estate is the perfect partner to help
us accomplish this mission," said Costello.
Funded and endorsed by a consortium of the top U.S. homebuilders,
NewHomeSource.com brings consumers the combined expertise of the nation's
top builders. Integrating this experience with Yahoo! Real Estate further
extends the breadth of quality real estate inventory on the site.
Yahoo! Real Estate is a leading Internet resource that connects people to
new homes through a comprehensive set of real estate tools and information,
including MLS homes, apartments for rent, home values, local schools, and
home mortgage rates. Consumers can visit Yahoo! Real Estate at
http://realestate.yahoo.com/.
About Builder Homesite
Builder Homesite, Inc. and its subsidiary, New Home Technologies, were both
founded with the same mission -- to bring homebuilding industry leaders
together to develop world-class technology solutions. Builder Homesite is a
consortium of 38 of the nation's largest homebuilders and its flagship
product is NewHomeSource.com, a consumer website offering the Internet's
most comprehensive information and selection of new homes available at
http://www.newhomesource.com. In 2003, Builder Homesite founded New Home
Technologies, a subsidiary consortium of new homebuilders and product
manufacturers to focus on solutions along the homebuilding supply chain.
The first of these tools is Envision -- an integrated and standardized
online new home design options management solution. For more information,
visit www.builderhomesite.com.
For additional information contact:
Blair Kuhnen
Builder Homesite, Inc.
Email Contact
1-512-289-7370
