MSNBC.com Selects HouseValues as Network?s Exclusive Home Buying, Selling Service

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Company signs two-year strategic partnership with Internet outlet
RISMEDIA, Dec. 20 ? HouseValues Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLD) announced the company has signed a two-year strategic partnership with MSNBC.com, a top Internet news site, that designates HomePages? as its exclusive home buying and selling service.

Under the terms of the deal, real estate related content and services from HouseValues and the company?s new home buying and selling service, www.HomePages.com, will be featured throughout MSNBC.com, which features content from NBC?s ?Dateline NBC,? ?Today,? ?NBC Nightly News,? and others. HomePages also will be the exclusive sponsors of the real estate classified section on MSNBC.com.

?We?re excited to partner with HouseValues and its HomePages service as the real estate provider on the site,? said Charlie Tillinghast, President, MSNBC.com. ?MSNBC.com home buyers and sellers will benefit greatly from their expert real estate services.?

As part of the arrangement, HomePages will have a dedicated placement on MSNBC.com. HomePages is the first national home buying and selling service to combine high-resolution aerial maps with detailed home listings and local search and directory information. The service also offers home valuations, customized home listings alerts, and mortgage comparison shopping all in one site.

?We?re pleased to be chosen as the exclusive real estate partner to MSNBC.com,? said Ian Morris, CEO of HouseValues Inc. ?With 3 out of 4 consumers using the Internet to find their next home, this partnership is a great way for real estate professionals to be sure that their listings are prominently seen by today?s home buyers.?

Morris added that as the company enters 2006, this strategic relationship will help ensure that Internet consumers that use HomePages.com have access to a network of the nation?s leading real estate professionals.

For busy real estate professionals, HomePages offers a unique opportunity to promote and feature themselves and their home listings to consumers searching in specific neighborhoods. To learn more about being featured on HomePages, real estate professionals are encouraged to visit www.homepagesmarketing.com or call HouseValues toll-free, 877-732-9509.

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