Greenwood Village, Co - 18 August, 2005 -

Today, RE/MAX International announced a new strategy for delivering effective, current and convenient real estate listing information to consumers on its website, www.remax.com. The new program will provide users a seamless view into all residential property listings by creating a national collection of IDX (internet data exchange) broker web sites. “In lay terms, this means that when the entire plan is in place, any property listing, whether it is a RE/MAX listing or not, can be reviewed at remax.com while still being in compliance with IDX policies across the country” said Dave Liniger, RE/MAX co-founder and chairman of the board. “No longer will a consumer have to visit multiple sites to view all properties for sale. Depending on the user’s location, the site will seamlessly connect them to the best possible site to deliver exactly what they are looking for. We have made strong financial and resource commitments to this program because it’s the right thing to do for the public, for the real estate industry and our RE/MAX membership. It will take many months for the entire program to become fully functional for all markets, but we are determined to make this the premier functional real estate listing web site.” “This program has some very exciting new features and leverages state-of-the-art technology and marketing systems,” commented Kristi Graning, RE/MAX vice president, information technology. “The system will put the control of marketing listings and lead generation back into the hands of our agents and give RE/MAX members a competitive advantage in the industry. The functionality of the program includes the ability to perform national, regional, state and local property searches, deliver lead generation and management tools, custom web sites for participating offices, contact management, activity scheduling programs, drip marketing campaigns and a reporting center manageable by office, region or nationally. We will launch this program in phases targeting major metro markets first and then roll in remaining rural markets. RE/MAX will license existing and proven technology from Florida-based Siegent, Inc. who will assist in this large effort and bring significant value through their experience in data aggregation, manipulation and distribution.” Timeline for the new RE/MAX online strategy calls for deployment in time for the late February 2006 RE/MAX International Convention in Las Vegas. ### The RE/MAX franchise network is a global real estate system operating in 57 countries. More than 5,600 independently owned offices engage 111,500 member sales associates who lead the industry in professional designations, experience and production while providing real estate services in residential, commercial, referral, relocation, and asset management. For more information visit www.remax.com . Siegent, based in Boca Raton, Florida, is the premier compiler of real estate related home and neighborhood information. The company currently markets its services through its eNeighborhoods and HomeData divisions. In 2004 Siegent acquired REChannel Communications, a leading provider of IDX and lead management solutions, and WyldFyre Technologies, provider of the world's leading MLS access and listing management software. Both companies have been successfully merged into Siegent’s eNeighborhoods division. eNeighborhoods currently manages over 1.4 million IDX listings through relationships with over 350 MLS providers worldwide and currently serves over 250,000 customers.

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