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Bank Rate Monitor selected to provide mortgage rate information for  Realtor.com TM


October 6, 1998

Bank Rate Monitor (http://www.bankrate.com), the leading source of retail financial product information in the country, has been selected by RealSelect, Inc,. operator of Realtor.com, the nation's premier real estate site on the Internet with over 1.3 million listings, to provide daily mortgage rate information to the more than 4 million consumers visiting the site each month.

Bank Rate Monitors is the Internet's most popular retail loan source site on the web.  With over 22 years of accumulating mortgage, savings, credit card and auto rate data and information, users of Realtor .com will have access to unbiased mortgage information within the nations largest 127 marketplaces.   Bank Rate Monitor's information and editorial content provide vital knowledge that online users demand before commencing the mortgage qualification process.

"We are proud to add Bank Rate Monitor, who is recognized as the best-in-class provider for mortgage information, to our expanding list of content partners," stated Peter Tafeen, Vice President of Business Development for RealSelect.  The addition of Bank Rate Monitor is the latest in a series of stronger and more comprehensive.  In addition to the mortgage information, Realtor.com offers visitors a collection of powerful tools that allows home buyers to search for, compare and rank neighborhoods, save favorite home listings, details and notes, receive e-mails when new homes meeting their search criteria become available.

AboutRealSelect, Inc.
RealSelect, Inc., located in Westlake Village, California is the leading online real estate information and tools provider.  RealSelect operated Realtor.com, the official Internet site of the National Association of REALTORS®, which features existing and new home listing and real estate agent and broker services.  Realtor.com is the leader in both content and traffic with over 1.3 million listings (almost 95% of available inventory) and nearly 4 million visitors a month.  Realtor.com has exclusive distribution relationships with 5 or the top 7 Internet portals, which include AOL, Netscape's Netcenter, Excite, Infoseek, and Lycos.  RealSelect also operates HOMEBUILDER.COM the official new home Internet site of the National Association of Home Builders, which specializes in new homes, lots and plans offered by home builders, and features builder and re-modeler services.

 

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