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Homes.com launches mobile alerts for real estate agents
CellSigns Powers Text Messaging Alerts on Homes.com
Enhanced mobile lead alert service notifies real estate agents of buyers interests.
Philadelphia, PA – December 4, 2006 – CellSigns, Inc., the leading provider of interactive
mobile applications for the real estate industry, announced that Homes.com, a national real estate
portal, has recently launched CellSigns’ text messaging alert system. Homes.com real estate
agent customers who receive inquiries on their listings by email will now receive a text message
with lead information on their cell phone. The information submitted by an interested homebuyer
on Homes.com will be delivered to the agent’s cell phone within seconds, allowing the agent to
respond immediately. Over 2 million homebuyers visit the Homes.com portal each month where
they can view over 1 million listings of homes for sale. The CellSigns system will help agents
with listings on Homes.com respond to inquiries faster when away from their computer so they
can close more business.
“The text message alert system is a win-win solution for both agents and homebuyers. Agents
can now respond more quickly to listing inquiries and homebuyers will get immediate attention
to their requests. We’re pleased to bring this new technology to our customers and will continue
to find better ways of connecting agents to homebuyers,” remarked Jamie Clymer, VP/General
Manager of Homes.com.
"This announcement shows the power of immediacy. Real estate agents have real-time access to
website leads any time, any where with a cell phone. Homes.com is a leader in Real Estate who
has their pulse on the consumer.” said Mark Ford, CEO CellSigns “We’re excited to be a part of
their mobile strategy."
The CellSigns system does not require the agents to have any special device or equipment, just a
cellular phone. All the homebuyer information is sent via a SMS/text message. Agents respond
to inquiries via email or a click-to-call feature from their cell phone. Text messaging in the US
recently surpassed over 12 billion messages a month and continues to grow every month.
ABOUT HOMES.COM
Homes.com, a division of Dominion Enterprises, is one of the nation’s leading providers of
online real estate services, including property listings, website development and innovative
marketing solutions. Over 2 million homebuyers visit Homes.com each month to search the
millions of listings of homes for sale across the country. The company is headquartered in
Norfolk, Virginia with offices in San Diego, California and Tallahassee, Florida.
ABOUT CELLSIGNS
CellSigns (www.cellsigns.com) is a leading mobile applications company providing interactive
solutions for businesses via text messaging, SMS, MMS and WAP. Supported by every major
wireless carrier and working on over 98% of all cell phones, the company offers private label
mobile search tools, click-to-chat/live chat, click-to-text, Mobile IM (MIM) applications,
customized alerting and the only interactive property marketing service for real estate. The
company was recently named the Most Innovative Technology of the year by Inman News.
