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Be Jane, Inc. and ForSaleByOwner.com Launch Partnership Offering No-Commission Home Buying and Selling Services to Women Do-It-Yourselfers.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- Visitors to www.be-jane.com Will Gain Access to National Database of Thousands of Home Listings from ForSaleByOwner.com

Be Jane, Inc. and ForSaleByOwner.com today announced a content partnership deal that will allow women who are obtaining home improvement advice and tips online at www.be-jane.com to also buy and sell real estate without paying a broker commission.

Be Jane, which is the leading resource on the Web to service the explosive $50 billion women's home improvement and do-it-yourself do-it-your·self
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, cost and complexities of working with a traditional real estate broker.

ForSaleByOwner.com is America's leading no-commission marketplace--bringing buyers and sellers together online. Since 1999, ForSaleByOwner.com has saved consumers billions of dollars by cutting out the middleman mid·dle·man  
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1. A trader who buys from producers and sells to retailers or consumers.

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 and giving people the freedom to sell their homes and cars without a transaction fee.

Under the arrangement, ForSaleByOwner.com will provide content for Be Jane's Web site that will enable Be Jane members and site visitors to participate in the process of buying or selling property without a broker.

The addition of real estate buying and selling capabilities further rounds out Be Jane's offering as a one-stop one-stop
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Relating to or providing a comprehensive selection of goods or services at a single location: one-stop shopping; a one-stop health-care center.
 home resource for women of all ages and backgrounds. The mission of Be Jane, which has relationships with home improvement industry powerhouses such as Zircon zircon

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 products, tips, referrals, and educational know-how to facilitate all of their home-related needs.

Be-Jane.com's new "Home Buying Guide" will provide Be Jane members and site visitors with lists of thousands of properties for sale across the country without a broker. According to according to
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 industry estimates, currently one in four homes are sold directly by their owner, and it is also reported that more than 70 percent of buyers look at homes online before actually viewing the properties. Based on the average real estate commission rate of six percent, a woman selling a home for $400,000 could save as much as $24,000 by tapping the extensive ForSaleByOwner.com national home buyer-seller listing database featured on the Be-Jane.com Web site.

"The purpose of Be Jane is to help women become true 'Janes of All Trades' and provide them with a comprehensive, all-in-one resource that answers their every residential home need at the touch of a button," said Eden Clark and Heidi Baker Heidi Baker and her husband Rolland are the founders of IRIS Ministries. Originally from California, USA they are now based full-time in Mozambique where they oversee 7,000 churches, a national Bible College and they care for over 5,000 children at their centers; their churches , co-founders of Be Jane, Inc. "Now, as a result of the alliance between Be Jane and the nation's leading no-commission real estate marketplace, ForSaleByOwner, we can offer women the most-cost effective options for buying and selling--as well as maintaining and improving--their homes."

Colby Sambrotto, COO (Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning.  of ForSaleByOwner.com, agreed. "The partnership between ForSaleByOwner and Be Jane is a natural one," he said. "Our organization is dedicated to empowering consumers to manage the buying and selling of real estate independently--without the burden of unnecessary broker fees. We think it's a perfect fit for Be Jane's members -- women do-it-yourselfers who are committed to their own home improvement projects."

About ForSaleByOwner.com

ForSaleByOwner.com is America's leading no-commission marketplace, bringing buyers and sellers together online. Since 1999, ForSaleByOwner.com has saved consumers billions of dollars by cutting out the middleman and giving people the freedom to sell their homes and cars without a transaction fee. Independent sellers can find resources for real estate listings on ForSaleByOwner.com and applications for discount mortgage and refinancing Refinancing

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 services on YourLoanHelper.com. One of the fastest growing companies on the internet, ForSaleByOwner.com saw traffic to its real-estate site grow by 100% in 2003.

About Be Jane, Inc.

Be Jane, Inc. is the first online community, information and product resource serving the more than $50 billion women's home improvement market. The company, established in 2003, is the leading multi-media developer and licensor of products and services designed specifically for women home improvement consumers--the fastest growing segment of the "Do-It-Yourself" (DIY) category. The mission of Be Jane is to put a public face on the women's home improvement market and create a trusted and credible information source for women looking for products, tips, referrals, and educational know-how to facilitate their personal project needs. For more information about Be Jane, please visit www.Be-Jane.com, or contact Be Jane, Inc. at 1601 N. Gower, Suite 202, Los Angeles, CA 92008, 323-465-5005.
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