Apartments.com has announced separate agreements with VirtualRelocation, a comprehensive and established Internet relocation resource, and MoverQuotes, the largest moving company database available online, that significantly enhances Apartments.com's Moving Center. The Moving Center offers people who are relocating a convenient directory of services and information to make moving as easy as possible.

Located at www.movingcenter.com and directly available through Apartments.com's national site, the Moving Center now includes dozens of links provided by VirtualRelocation, in addition to its premier display ads for truck rental, furniture rental, storage services, school and child care information and more.

"This agreement gives VirtualRelocation yet another opportunity to serve the relocating public and companies with relocating employees. Visitors to Apartments.com's Moving Center will be able to tap our free resources to ease the stress of relocation," said Scott Taylor, president of VirtualRelocation. "We are excited to be providing this important data, from our collection of over 40,000 free moving resources, to the Moving Center."

MoverQuotes.com, a service of Microsurf Internet Services, Inc. and also newly available through the Moving Center, enables people to instantly compare relocation costs based on the distance and size of their move. By estimating the miles between the state of origin and the state of destination and the approximate weight of the move, MoverQuotes.com generates a customized directory from its database of more than 1,000 moving companies. Results include the cost of the move, contact information and any additional charges for packing, appliances, flights of stairs and insurance.

As part of the strategic relationship, Apartments.com will be featured on a button on the home page of the MoverQuotes.com site as well as on the home pages of Microsurf's other four sites: realtorquotes.com, homequotes.com, mortgagequotes.com and insurequotes.com.

"MoverQuotes.com's agreement with Apartments.com's Moving Center means that even more consumers will be able to quickly and easily compare dozens of free price estimates for their move," said Isabelle Sherman, co-founder of Microsurf Internet Services. "We are thrilled to offer MoverQuotes' vital relocation information to the Moving Center and provide a truly useful service for anyone who is relocating," she said.

"Our goal is to provide people who are relocating with a complete one-stop shop for everything they need to move," said Anne Martin, product manager of the Moving Center. "These agreements with VirtualRelocation and MoverQuotes.com help to instantly deepen and broaden the Moving Center's offerings, and emphasizes Apartments.com's commitment to making the total moving experience as easy as possible for our users."

Offered as a service of Apartments.com, the Moving Center is featured on the Real Estate page of AT&T WorldNet's private and public service (www.att.net) as well as within Apartment.com's Interactive Area on America Online. The Moving Center is also the anchor tenant of America Online's Real Estate/Moving Area.

Published: July 15, 1998

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