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The latest news and updates on BDX solutions.

BDX is excited to announce that we are now the exclusive provider of new home listings for HomeJunction’s SpatialMatch.com, the first real estate search platform to fully enable geospatial map-based search. Now home buyers using SpatialMatch’s neighborhood and lifestyle search technology to find homes in areas that ‘fit’ their lifestyle needs will also have access to thousands of new home community listings through the extensive BDX network.

“We are very excited to add this national footprint of high quality new construction listings from BDX,” said John Perkins, chief executive officer of Home Junction, Inc., creators of SpatialMatch™. “Giving home buyers access to the new construction data and listings from BDX on SpatialMatch allows for a better user experience and a more effective team approach between resale agents and new home builders”.

The alliance also allows BDX to provide another distribution outlet for builders interested in reaching new home shoppers online, and is part of a larger BDX effort designed to help builders “List Once and Be Everywhere”. In addition to hundreds of partner sites, the BDX network includes NewHomeSource and Move New Homes, the number one and number two new home websites*. Collectively, the BDX network reaches over 40 million potential new home buyers each month.

Obie AwardThis week, BDX was proud to receive the Best Corporate Website OBIE award from the Greater Atlanta HBA. We received the award for for the recent changes we made to our Move New Homes (MNH) listing website. In addition to changing the look and the feel of the site this year, we’ve also added new functionality to increase the performance of the site and create a better user experience.

Whether a builder wants to promote special offers, feature a “hot home”,  showcase and library of photos, tout green features and products, the recent redesign of MNH has made it possible. New navigation functionality has also increased ease-of-use for consumers and has led to more leads for builders. And now builders have access to reporting tools that allow them to monitor the performance of their listings and make data-driven decisions as they plan upcoming programs.

BDX is proud to have our efforts recognized by such a great group of folks. The OBIE Awards program is presented by the Greater Atlanta HBA’s Sales and Marketing Council to honor excellence in building, remodeling, marketing and personal achievement in the homebuilding industry.  Want to find out who else won an OBIE? Check out the 2010 Interactive Winner’s Book for all the details.

At BDX, we are constantly monitoring traffic across our entire network. This month we wanted to share some interesting information with you about the traffic on NewHomeSource and Move New Homes — the top 2 new home websites. Which BDX markets saw the largest gains in traffic this month?

Take a look at our Top 10 list below… some of the cities on the list might surprise you.

Top 10 BDX Markets Gaining Traffic From September to October 2010:

1.       Milwaukee, WI

2.       Pittsburgh, PA

3.       San Francisco, CA

4.       Naples, FL

5.       Colorado Springs, CO

6.       Allentown-Bethlehem, PA

7.       Dallas, TX

8.       New York, NY

9.       Detroit, MI

10.     San Jose, CA

If you have any questions about this list or are interested in finding out more about listing your homes with BDX, please email info@thebdx.com for details.

BDX now gives builders access to 9 of the top 10 general real estate websites

Austin, TX – September 2, 2010 – Builders Digital Experience (BDX), leading provider of digital marketing resources for builders, announced today a recently signed distribution agreement with HotPads.com, a map-based housing search engine and listing service. As a result of this agreement, builders who list their communities with BDX will now have their homes included on HotPads.com at no additional charge and expanded distribution to the site’s two-million monthly visitors[1].

“We are excited to partner with HotPads.com as their preferred provider of new home listings for their dynamic site,” said Tim Costello. “It is our deep relationships with companies like HotPads that allow us to deliver greater online marketing value to our builders and give them the confidence in knowing that when they list their homes with BDX, they have the Internet covered.”

HotPads.com joins the extensive BDX network of leading websites – a network that reaches over 40 million potential new home buyers2 each month. With just a single listing with BDX, builders are not only gaining exposure on NewHomeSource and Move New Homes, the #1 and #2 new home listing sites in the nation, but also hundreds of other leading real estate, new home, general news, newspaper and social network websites.

“HotPads constantly strives to provide our housing shoppers access to high quality housing listing information,” says Douglas Pope, co-founder of HotPads.com.  “Partnering with BDX allows HotPads to bring our housing shoppers together with new home developers giving them more housing options and a better search experience.”

The award-winning HotPads.com is known across the industry for its innovative mapping technologies. The site features over 3.5 million homes for sale and empowers visitors to search for their next home by location.

For more information about listing new home communities across the Internet with BDX, builders can visit www.thebdx.com or email info@thebdx.com.

[1]SOURCE: Hotpads.com

Consumers visiting HomeFinder.com and newspaper sites in the HomeFinder.com Network can now search the largest collection of new homes provided by NewHomeSource.com

Chicago, IL – May 19, 2010 – HomeFinder.com and Builders Digital Experience (BDX) today announced that they are expanding their existing partnership to bring together one of the fastest growing real estate sites and the largest database of new construction data, to become a new home listings powerhouse. Now consumers who visit HomeFinder.com or one of the newspaper Web sites in their robust Network, including LATimes.com, AZCentral.com, ChicagoTribune.com and MiamiHerald.com, will have access to comprehensive information about new homes and communities from NewHomeSource.com.

“With this newly expanded partnership, everyone wins,” said Tim Costello, CEO of BDX. “Not only will consumers who search for real estate on HomeFinder.com have more choices than ever, but this expanded relationship also gives our builders even more opportunities to reach home buyers locally and nationally through HomeFinder.com’s unparalleled Network and reach.”

NewHomeSource.com is the #1 new home listing Web site built by leaders in the building industry, helping builders market their new homes online for more than a decade. As an effective media partner and trusted consumer resource where homes and people find each other and connect with a real estate professional, HomeFinder.com offers over 3.5 million homes for sale and online listing enhancement solutions to more than 20,000 agent, broker and builder advertisers.

“BDX and NewHomeSource.com has always been a great partner for us and we’re thrilled to expand our relationship,” said Tim Fagan, CEO of HomeFinder.com. “We’re proud of our long history of commitment to delivering new home listings to home buyers and sellers and effective, trackable solutions to our builder customers. Builder and new home data has always been a part of the HomeFinder.com strategy, and we look forward to generating qualified phone calls and emails to BDX’s consortium of builders.”

Builders who list their communities on NewHomeSoure.com will automatically have their home and community details included on HomeFinder.com and across the 130+ newspaper real estate sites that are part of the HomeFinder.com Network. Builders can also enhance their listings on HomeFinder.com to include features such as priority placement, premier branding, trackable toll-free number and on demand ROI reporting.

“We have worked with Builder Homesite for years to market our new homes and we’re excited that through the newly formed BDX and this expanded partnership with HomeFinder.com, we will now be able to provide our home and community information once to reach more consumers and enhance our exposure across the HomeFinder.com Network,” said Kira McCarron, Chief Marketing Officer of Toll Brothers, Inc.

ABOUT HOMEFINDER.COM

HomeFinder.com is one of the most trusted Web sites for consumers to search for a home and connect with a real estate professional. Distinguished by its inventory of comprehensive property listings and rich content, HomeFinder.com provides more than 3.5 million listings with customized searches and multiple options to view and manage results. HomeFinder.com also provides simpler, more valuable online advertising solutions for agents, brokers and builders, combining the brand power of more than 130 local newspaper Web sites with exposure on a national scope, in a platform that tracks every phone call, email and click a consumer makes. Owned jointly by three leading media companies, Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Co. (NYSE: MNI) and Tribune Co., the HomeFinder.com Network includes The Arizona Republic, Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times and The Indianapolis Star.

ABOUT ABOUT BUILDERS DIGITAL EXPERIENCE

Builders Digital Experience, LLC (BDX) a joint venture from Move, Inc. and Builder Homesite, Inc. combines the industry’s leading new home resources, and offers new home builders innovative online marketing solutions, streamlined customer service and support, and greater value. BDX is based in Austin, Texas and operates, NewHomeSource.com from Builder Homesite, Inc., and the new home channel from Move.com. Additional services include mobile marketing capabilities, interactive floor plans, photo realistic renderings, video and rich media production, email creative and fulfillment services, and digital marketing products for real estate professionals. For more information, visit www.theBDX.com.