Realtor.com, comprised of 1.1 million home listings, has joined forces with Lycos, Inc.. The multiyear agreement between the two Internet powerhouses ensures that millions of consumers will be guided to Realtor.com's home listings within the Lycos real estate section. These properties are featured in Lycos' Real Estate Web Guide in addition to information about finding a Realtor and other helpful content related to the home-buying process. Representatives from both companies say Realtor.com is a natural addition to the Real Estate Web Guide, bringing instant access to homes for sale, real estate news, and helpful information so that consumers can make a more informed home- buying decision.

"The dynamic combination of Realtor.com and Lycos, Inc. helps bring home buying on the Internet to the next level," stated Stuart Wolff, CEO of RealSelect, Inc. "We are happy to be forming this strategic alliance with Lycos, Inc."

"Lycos is pleased to bring Realtor.com's rich selection of services to our site," said David Peterson, vice president of advertising for Lycos, Inc. "Their extensive, accessible home listings add extra dimension to the Lycos Real Estate Web Guide, where recent interest and growth has been immense."

Realtor.com is revolutionizing traditional house hunting with a fast, simple, and efficient online resource designed to aid both consumers and real estate professionals. From an abundance of up-to-the-minute information, people can learn about homes available within specific communities at the click of a button. To pinpoint their dream homes, people can use Realtor.com's patent pending search technology to specify up to 80 different qualifiers, including location, price, number of bedrooms, lot size, square footage, types of view, and other amenities. Once they narrow the search, people may view home photos and comprehensive information quickly. Realtor.com is the official Internet site of the National Association of REALTORS and is operated from Westlake Village, Calif.

Founded in 1995, Lycos, Inc. is a "New Generation Online Service" that combines all aspects of community, leading Web navigation resources and cutting-edge business and consumer e-commerce solutions. Lycos, dubbed "Your Personal Internet Guide," is designed to help each individual user locate, retrieve, and manage information tailored to his or her personal interests. Through the acquisition of Tripod, Inc., the leading community site on the Web, Lycos has become the most full-featured community-oriented home base on the Internet, providing free personal home pages to all users. Headquartered near Boston in Waltham, Mass., Lycos maintains U.S. offices in New York City, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. International offices are located in Germany, Italy, France, the U.K., Spain, and the Netherlands.

Published: May 7, 1998

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