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To: Ron Pratt who wrote (99816)	4/24/2000 11:50:00 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108040

Homestore.com, Inc. Breaks the Three Million Unique User Mark, An All-Time Industry and Company Record According to New Media Metrix Report #1 Internet Home and Real Estate Network Towers Over Competition With Nearly 84 Million Total Minutes in March 2000 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Homestore.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOMS - news), the Internet's leading network for home and real estate related information, products and services, attracted 3,146,000 unique users during March 2000, the largest monthly audience ever recorded in the home and real estate category, which establishes a new benchmark in Homestore.com history, according to data from Media Metrix, the leading Internet measurement authority, which just released its latest report. This record-setting performance by the Homestore.com network represents an audience twice as large as its closest competitor, and a 7% increase over last month. The Homestore.com family of web sites also ranks #1 in the category of total site usage, as visitors spent nearly 84 million minutes on its network in March, a figure more than four times greater than its nearest competitor, and an almost 8% increase over Homestore.com's February 2000 performance. Homestore.com continued its category-leading ``stickiness' in March, with the average unique user staying 14 minutes during each visit, a calculation based on average minutes/month divided by average visits/month, as reported by Media Metrix. ``This latest report reinforces the strength of content and utility consumers have come to expect from Homestore.com,' said Stuart Wolff, chairman and chief executive officer. ``March's record-setting traffic results are a reflection of our team's success in building the most comprehensive web site for 'everything home on the Internet'.' The Media Metrix results for March 2000: Unique Users Minutes per visit Total Minutes Homestore.com Network 3,146,000 14.0 83,683,600