The Search For A New Home Has Gone Mobile (NAPSA)—A growing number of homebuyers are finding they’re holding a powerful new tool in the palm of their hand. It’s something that may dramatically change the way they search for a property.It’s their mobile phone. According to recent research, mobile phones have a U.S. penetration rate of approximately 76 percent and are being used for many more things than just phone calls, particularly the fast-growing number of “smart phones” in the market. Increasingly, “smart phone” Welcometo Century 21 Mobile by Century 21 Real Estate LLC Welcome to Century 27 Mobile, your mobile resource for home buying, selling, financing and property listings. Our real estate profesnals are ready to assist you with your real Whi like to do? Search for Properties Find an Office or Agent Use Financing Tools. services are providing consumers with information when and where they needit. For example, an innovative listing and agent locator and financial resource tool has been designed for consumers on the go. Consumers can search for properties, agents and offices, as well as use interactive financial tools such as a mortgage calcula- tor, at their convenience via their PDAs, cell phones and other handheld devices with Internet access. The tool—called CENTURY 21 Mobile—has been adapted to allow users to view multiple photos and property descriptions at optimum resolution. Users can quickly search for properties by city, state or zip code, and can do more refined searches based on mileage radius, price range or numberof bedrooms and bathrooms. This search capability works on all types of cell phones and handheld devices with Internet capability. Users can also immediately contact a CENTURY 21 listing agent by clicking on the sales associate’s e-mail address in each property listing. An innovative listing and agent locator and financial resource tool has been designed so con- sumers on the go can access information over a mobile phone. “Today’s busy consumers are looking for ways to conduct real estate research on their own time and on their own terms,” said Tom Kunz, president and CEO, Century 21 Real Estate LLC. According to Kunz, the service empowers homebuyers andsellers to find the right property or agent anytime of the day or night. For example, consumers who may drive through a neighborhood to check for properties for sale can look up information on their favorite houses instantly. He believes this gives them more control in the real estate process. To learn more, visit the Web site at mobile.c21.com or mobile. century21.com from your Internetenabled handheld device.
