November 5, 2004
For Immediate Release

ORLANDO, FLA   -- From the floor of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Conference here, a la mode, a leading developer of desktop, mobile, and Web tools for real estate professionals, and iHomeFinder, a leading developer of Web-based tools to enhance productivity and increase sales for real estate agents, announced that users of a la mode’s Agent XSites will be able to implement iHomeFinder’s customized solution for displaying MLS active listings on their personal websites.

By using iHomeFinder’s IDX solution, agents can provide their clients with robust features for conducting home searches. Clients can not only search for current active listings but can also request email notification when new listings meeting their custom search settings are available. Listing search results include property details, maps, school information, mortgage calculators and lead generation forms.

Agent XSites users will be able to automatically display their personal listings as “featured listings” and large Broker/Agent offices can create individual agent bios for each company agent. Agents’ personal listings are displayed and agents can monitor their own clients’ search activities.

“As we roll out a more vibrant, robust Agent XSites version here at the NAR show, we’re very excited to be able to offer iHomeFinder’s customized IDX/MLS search capabilities and marketing tools for XSites users at a discounted rate from standard retail pricing,” said Rusty Lindquist, Product Manager for a la mode.

Flyers including the agents contact information can be printed for any listing and clients can request a showing for any property. Agents can create an “Open Homes” page that will display their open homes for the week.

The iHomeFinder IDX solution includes features not available to agents accessing their local MLS data directly. “Agents who have invested in an Agent XSite know the value of online marketing, and how to attract Internet-savvy home buyers and sellers,” said Jim Humphrey, Sales Director of iHomeFinder. “We are delighted to be able to offer significant enhancements in that area to Agent XSites users at special pricing. The partnership between a la mode and iHomeFinder is a natural,” he said.

About iHomefinder
iHomeFinder's suite of web site tools and services empowers local real estate offices and agents to increase sales, improve productivity, enhance customer service, and compete in the online real estate marketplace.  All iHomeFinder programs operate on a client's web site using the client's branding and website design.  iHomeFinder uses Internet Data Exchange (IDX) as its core MLS search engine, tailored to the location of each client, and offers several other web site tools to enable clients to capture leads.   To learn more about iHomeFinder's services, call 1.866.700.8855, or go to www.iHomeFinder.com.

About a la mode
a la mode, founded in 1985, develops desktop, mobile, and Web tools for real estate appraisers, agents, inspectors and mortgage lenders.  Each year, over half of the nation's home appraisals are created with a la mode's WinTOTAL software and delivered electronically through its server network, which handles nearly a million and a half paperless mortgage transactions a month.  a la mode XSites allow real estate professionals to deploy a professional Web presence that manages transactions and communications with their clients and provide an integrated platform for their own day to day processes.  Learn more at http://www.alamode.com .

    Media contact:  Matt Barr
                    Communications Director
                    mattb@alamode.com
                    (330) 296-8894