SecondSpace Launches Web Sites in Canada and the UK With World's Largest Selection of Vacation Homes and Land for Sale


WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- ResortScape.CA, ResortScape.Co.UK, and LandWatch.Co.UK Connect Foreign
Buyers with Over 600,000 Lifestyle Properties in the Americas and Around the
World

National Association of REALTORS(R) Midyear Conference -- SecondSpace,
Inc., the leading online marketplace exclusively focused on second homes and
recreational retreats, today announced the launch of ResortScape.CA,
ResortScape.Co.UK, and LandWatch.Co.UK. These new Web sites help Canadian and
UK residents find their perfect second home from over 600,000 vacation
properties, new developments, luxury condos, villas, ski chalets, cottages,
homesites, ranches and acreages in highly desirable destinations in the U.S.,
Canada and over 40 other countries. The sites are powered by SecondSpace's
highly scalable Web services platform and an intelligent listings switch
which sorts over 1.5 million property listings to determine those that
uniquely match the "second home" lifestyle.

"The global market for second homes and land continues to see
considerable cross-border buying activity, driven largely by Baby Boomers and
buyers interested in overseas investment opportunities," said Anil H.P.
Pereira, founder and CEO of SecondSpace. "Our new Canadian and UK Web sites
give consumers a unique lens into over 600,000 lifestyle properties and bring
great value to real estate professionals looking to connect with highly
motivated out-of-region buyers."

With the strength of the Canadian dollar and British pound, U.S. real
estate professionals continue to look for ways to tap into foreign markets to
gain exposure for their listings and generate highly qualified referrals. A
recent report by the National Association of REALTORS(R) showed that overseas
buyers continue to see the U.S. as an attractive market in which to purchase
vacation, recreation or investment property. More than one in five U.S. real
estate professionals served an international client in the past year with
Canada and the UK comprising two of the top three markets generating foreign
demand.

Converting qualified traffic into sales is the essence of any good online
marketplace. Josee Legault, chartered real estate agent and owner of La
Capitale brokerage serving the Mont-Tremblant region in Quebec can attest to
this fact: "I recently sold a property to a UK-based buyer through the
SecondSpace network so, simply put, I know that LandWatch and ResortScape
work," said Ms Legault.

Real estate brokerages and agents who upload their listings into the
SecondSpace(TM) network via ResortScape.com or LandWatch.Com automatically
gain syndication into the new ResortScape.CA, ResortScape.co.UK and
LandWatch.co.UK Web sites. Listings can be uploaded via one of SecondSpace's
many supported partners or through a convenient self-service Web-based upload
tool found on the sites. Agents interested in featured placement on LandWatch
can subscribe to "showcase" listings beginning at US$199/month and "premium"
listings beginning at only US$49/month. Master brokers and developers can
showcase amenity communities on ResortScape beginning at US$1,000/month.

SecondSpace's Web sites leverage the power of the company's highly
scalable "semantic web" platform which includes a unique natural language
search engine; region-, lifestyle- and amenity-based navigation and
filtering; a proprietary behavioral targeting engine; and an intelligent
listings switch that syndicates properties to the appropriate vertical Web
site based on sophisticated algorithms analyzing over 80 region- and
property-specific attributes.

About SecondSpace

SecondSpace, Inc. (http://www.SecondSpace.com) is an online services
company operating a network of highly immersive Web sites that enable people
to make the most of the "second home" lifestyle. The company's sites -- which
now include ResortScape.CA, ResortScape.co.UK and LandWatch.co.UK -- connect
out-of-region buyers with knowledgeable professionals who have a local
presence in thousands of rural and resort communities across the Americas and
around the world. SecondSpace's sites are powered by the company's
innovative, patent-pending Lifestyle Search & Discovery(TM) platform. The
company is headquartered in Bellevue, WA, USA and led by a team of internet
veterans with backgrounds from Amazon.com, American Express, Classmates.com,
IMDb, Microsoft, VeriSign, Trendwest and other leading companies.

Web site: http://www.SecondSpace.com

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