For the fourth consecutive time, the MSN(r)
HomeAdvisor(tm) online home and real estate guide has been named the nation's
Best Real Estate Portal, according to the Gomez(tm) Summer 2001 Real Estate
Portals Scorecard(tm). The rankings are based on an independent evaluation
of the top 10 online real estate Web sites, using more than 150 criteria. MSN
HomeAdvisor leads the category as the only real estate portal to ever win
four straight Gomez scorecards.
With an overall score of 7.30 HomeAdvisor dramatically increased its lead
over all other real estate portals, far outdistancing its next closest
competitor, Homestore.com (6.68). In fact, HomeAdvisor's overall score is the
highest score received by a real estate portal since Gomez began reviewing
the category.
Gomez praised HomeAdvisor for its wealth of listings and breadth of content
while pointing out that the recent additions and enhancements made to the
site contributed to its number one overall ranking for the fourth consecutive
review and top score in the Ease of Use and Customer Confidence categories.
HomeAdvisor, with more than 1 million home listings throughout the United
States, was also recognized by Gomez as the best site for home sellers.
The Gomez win caps an impressive streak of recent awards and accolades for
HomeAdvisor, including being named the Best Online Home-Buying Site by Yahoo!
Internet Life and one of its 50 Most Incredibly Useful Sites. Family PC also
recently recognized MSN HomeAdvisor as one of its Top 25 Financial Sites.
The momentum and success surrounding HomeAdvisor extend beyond industry
awards as well. HomeAdvisor has more than tripled its traffic in the past six
months, making it both the largest and fastest-growing site in the real
estate category in terms of unique users. As a result of this rapid growth
in consumer traffic, HomeAdvisor is now sending more than 7,300 customers to
its real estate partners each day, up nearly 50 percent since January.
Published: June 13, 2001
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