Locale partners with Frontdoor

Locale adds listings to Frontdoor.com Locale.com, a real estate search site that focuses on locations known for lifestyle amenities, has announced a content distribution agreement to send property listings information to Frontdoor.com, a real estate site affiliated with Home and Garden Television's HGTV.com Web site. Locale has also partnered to place its listings on a range of other sites, including Google Base, Homescape.com, Hotpads.com, Ooodle.com, Trulia.com and Vast.com, according to the announcement. The REA Group acquires UKpropertyshop Global real estate advertising company The REA Group, based in Melbourne, Australia, today announced it has acquired UKpropertyshop, an online directory of British real estate agents, for $1.1 million AUD, or approximately $1.06 million USD. The purchase was made through REA Group's 50 percent-owned United Kingdom subsidiary, Propertyfinder Holdings Ltd., which will run ukpropertyshop.co.uk in parallel with its existing prop...