To: ~digs who wrote (1842 ) 4/11/2006 7:27:33 PM From: ~digs Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 7944 HOMS 6.41stockcharts.com Homestore, Inc. provides information and decision support tools for consumers looking for home and real estate-related information on the Internet. It operates in two segments, Real Estate Services and Move-Related Services. The Real Estate Services segment provides marketing and Web site solutions that allow real estate professionals to reach and connect with potential customer audience represented by the consumer traffic on its Web sites, REALTOR.com, HomeBuilder.com, RENTNET, and SeniorHousingNet.com. It also designs, hosts, and maintains personal and corporate Web sites for real estate professionals, as well as enables real estate professionals to market themselves and their properties directly to potential buyers, whose search criteria match a set of listing criteria specified by the real estate professional. The Move-Related Services segment provides advertising products and lead generation tools, including display, text-link and media advertising positions, directory products, price quote tools, and content sponsorships on Homestore.com and other related sites. It offers these products to nonreal estate advertisers. This segment also offers Welcome Wagon, which provides local and national merchants the opportunity to reach movers through targeted direct mail services; and Homestore Plans and Publications, which offer consumers and building professionals the ability to browse, select, modify, and purchase new home designs and project plans. In addition, Homestore, Inc. provides software solutions to real estate agents to assist them in managing their client interactions.