Realty Times January 21, 1999

HomeSeekers Establishes Alliance with Pacific West Association of Realtors

HomeSeekers.com Inc. (OTC:HMSK) (HomeSeekers), a leading provider of on-line residential real estate listing and related information, Thursday announced that it has entered into a technology marketing alliance with the Pacific West Association of Realtors (PWR), California's largest association of professional realtors with more than 8,000 members located primarily in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, under which HomeSeekers and PWR will jointly market HomeSeekers' custom realtor Web site services to PWR members.

Noting that more than 10,000 realtors around the country currently retain HomeSeekers to design and maintain their custom Web sites, HomeSeekers' Chief Executive Officer Greg Johnson said, "The Internet has become an indispensable tool for real estate professionals to manage and build their businesses.

"This agreement with PWR, a highly respected industry organization that is adding between 400 and 500 new members each month, is an enormous growth opportunity for HomeSeekers. We look forward to working closely with PWR's in-house marketing staff to rapidly build awareness of the advanced Web site services we now will make available to PWR members."

Allan Gantt, president of the Pacific West Association of Realtors, said, "We thoroughly evaluated the universe of realtor Web site service providers before choosing HomeSeekers as our technology marketing partner. HomeSeekers offers an unparalleled combination of advanced Internet technology and real estate industry expertise.

"They know how to use the Web to help our members increase efficiency, attract new listings, and close home sales. HomeSeekers' multiple listing service Web site, www.HomeSeekers.com, is a valuable asset that our members use every day. We expect our realtor Web site partnership to become an equally valuable asset in the months to come."

HomeSeekers.com, (http://www.homeseekers.com) a leading provider of on-line residential real estate listing information for use by home buyers, real estate agents, mortgage and title insurance companies and others, is dedicated to simplifying and expediting residential real estate transactions.

The Company currently has aggregated approximately 680,000 real estate listings on its Web site, representing more than half of all home listings in the United States at any time. The database is updated daily to reflect home sales and new listings. More than 15 million home page views occur on the site per month.

In conjunction with the provisions of the new "Safe Harbor" section of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, this news release may contain forward-looking statements pertaining to future anticipated projected plans, performance and developments, as well as other statements relating to future operations. All such forward-looking statements are necessarily only estimates of future results and there can be no assurance that actual results will not materially differ from expectations. Further information on potential factors which could affect HomeSeekers.com Inc. are included in the company's Form 10-QSB and Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



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