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Wednesday August 19, 1998 9:01 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Picket Fence Preview.com featured in Wall Street Journal's SmartMoney Magazine
BURLINGTON, VT-- (PR NEWSWIRE BOSTON)--August 19, 1998 -- Picket Fence Preview, Inc., an integrated for sale by owner real estate sales and publishing company, announced today that the September 1998 issue of SmartMoney Magazine will feature its internet web site (http://www.picketfencepreview.com) in a feature story about buying and selling a home on the internet.
The article, written by staff reported Emily Harrison, focuses on the emerging trends and technology available to today's home buyer and seller. "The way people buy and sell homes is definitely in a state of transition, with people turning away from the status quo toward a more self-directed type of approach," said Harrison. By far the most exciting development of late has been the growth of for-sale-by-owner real estate and the means available to market properties, and Picket Fence Preview is the leader in the movement with its resources and educational materials.
"This is a very significant article because it describes the experience
of real-life consumers using these various new technologies to buy and sell
real estate," said Bill Supple, President of Picket Fence Preview.
"And the most striking realization that emerges from all the stories
is how easy selling on your own is and how easy using the internet to market
your home can be...and I'm of course pleased that the site we maintain (picketfencepreview.com)
was so effective for the people interviewed. " "It was absolutely
incredible," said Delfina Bisha of their response to their house on
the web site. "The first day the house hit the digital pages, we started
fielding calls. We sold it right away for our asking price," she added.
Picket Fence Preview Corporation is a diversified for sale by owner real
estate sales and publishing company which, through various wholly owned
subsidiaries, is involved periodical publishing, book publishing, mortgage
brokerage and franchise business development in the United States.
Statements herein may be identified as forward-looking for purposes of
safe harbor provisions under Section 21E of the SEC Act of 1934. Such statements
relating to the Company's future business are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those statements,
and other risks and factors.
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Contact:
W.F. Supple, Jr., Ph. D., 802/660-3167
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