Century 21 Real Estate Corporation has been recognized by the Web Marketing Association for its online marketing excellence in servicing the real estate needs of Spanish-speaking consumers. Century21Espanol.com earned an Outstanding Web Site award in the 2002 WebAwards competition designed to judge corporate Web sites against current Internet standards and peer sites within their industry.

"The Hispanic American community is one of the largest and fastest growing segments of homebuyers today and www.Century21espanol.com is helping to meet the growing real estate needs of this population," said John Greenleaf, senior vice president, Marketing, Century 21 Real Estate Corporation.

Century21Espanol.com features a complete library of real estate resources that address the needs of the Hispanic community. In addition, the site offers property search, office and agent search features, listing request, and mortgage calculators. Visitors can also search for CENTURY 21 offices with Spanish-speaking sales associates.

Century 21 Real Estate Corporation recently hosted a 13-part real estate related radio series on homeownership issues and careers in the real estate industry on the Radio Unica Network, a leading national Spanish-language radio network in the United States. Consumers can download complete transcripts in Spanish from each of these live broadcasts 24 hours a day on Century21Espanol.com.

"A resource like Century21espanol.com is truly unique among national real estate sales organizations and Century 21 is proud to offer this powerful tool to Hispanic consumers," Greenleaf added.

Century 21 Real Estate Corporation (www.century21.com) is the franchisor of the world's largest residential real estate sales organization, providing comprehensive training, management, administrative and marketing support for the CENTURY 21 System. The System is comprised of more than 6,600 independently owned and operated franchised broker offices in more than 28 countries and territories worldwide. Century 21 Real Estate Corporation is a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE:CD). Also find our listings on www.Realtor.com.

About the WebAwards

Presented by the Web Marketing Association, the WebAwards recognizes corporate Web sites against an Internet standard and against peer sites within their industry. Sites are judged on criteria, including content, design, technology, innovation, interactivity, navigation and ease of use. Judges are experts from various disciplines including media, advertising and web design and content.

Published: October 31, 2002

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