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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.