WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- ResortScape.CA, ResortScape.Co.UK, and LandWatch.Co.UK Connect Foreign Buyers with Over 600,000 Lifestyle Properties in the Americas and Around the World

National Association of REALTORS(R) Midyear Conference -- SecondSpace, Inc., the leading online marketplace exclusively focused on second homes and recreational retreats, today announced the launch of ResortScape.CA, ResortScape.Co.UK, and LandWatch.Co.UK. These new Web sites help Canadian and UK residents find their perfect second home from over 600,000 vacation properties, new developments, luxury condos, villas, ski chalets, cottages, homesites, ranches and acreages in highly desirable destinations in the U.S., Canada and over 40 other countries. The sites are powered by SecondSpace's highly scalable Web services platform and an intelligent listings switch which sorts over 1.5 million property listings to determine those that uniquely match the "second home" lifestyle.

"The global market for second homes and land continues to see considerable cross-border buying activity, driven largely by Baby Boomers and buyers interested in overseas investment opportunities," said Anil H.P. Pereira, founder and CEO of SecondSpace. "Our new Canadian and UK Web sites give consumers a unique lens into over 600,000 lifestyle properties and bring great value to real estate professionals looking to connect with highly motivated out-of-region buyers."

With the strength of the Canadian dollar and British pound, U.S. real estate professionals continue to look for ways to tap into foreign markets to gain exposure for their listings and generate highly qualified referrals. A recent report by the National Association of REALTORS(R) showed that overseas buyers continue to see the U.S. as an attractive market in which to purchase vacation, recreation or investment property. More than one in five U.S. real estate professionals served an international client in the past year with Canada and the UK comprising two of the top three markets generating foreign demand.

Converting qualified traffic into sales is the essence of any good online marketplace. Josee Legault, chartered real estate agent and owner of La Capitale brokerage serving the Mont-Tremblant region in Quebec can attest to this fact: "I recently sold a property to a UK-based buyer through the SecondSpace network so, simply put, I know that LandWatch and ResortScape work," said Ms Legault.

Real estate brokerages and agents who upload their listings into the SecondSpace(TM) network via ResortScape.com or LandWatch.Com automatically gain syndication into the new ResortScape.CA, ResortScape.co.UK and LandWatch.co.UK Web sites. Listings can be uploaded via one of SecondSpace's many supported partners or through a convenient self-service Web-based upload tool found on the sites. Agents interested in featured placement on LandWatch can subscribe to "showcase" listings beginning at US$199/month and "premium" listings beginning at only US$49/month. Master brokers and developers can showcase amenity communities on ResortScape beginning at US$1,000/month.

SecondSpace's Web sites leverage the power of the company's highly scalable "semantic web" platform which includes a unique natural language search engine; region-, lifestyle- and amenity-based navigation and filtering; a proprietary behavioral targeting engine; and an intelligent listings switch that syndicates properties to the appropriate vertical Web site based on sophisticated algorithms analyzing over 80 region- and property-specific attributes.

About SecondSpace

SecondSpace, Inc. (http://www.SecondSpace.com) is an online services company operating a network of highly immersive Web sites that enable people to make the most of the "second home" lifestyle. The company's sites -- which now include ResortScape.CA, ResortScape.co.UK and LandWatch.co.UK -- connect out-of-region buyers with knowledgeable professionals who have a local presence in thousands of rural and resort communities across the Americas and around the world. SecondSpace's sites are powered by the company's innovative, patent-pending Lifestyle Search & Discovery(TM) platform. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, WA, USA and led by a team of internet veterans with backgrounds from Amazon.com, American Express, Classmates.com, IMDb, Microsoft, VeriSign, Trendwest and other leading companies.

Web site: http://www.SecondSpace.com

Minou Nguyen, +1-206-779-4559, minou@illuminatepr.com, or Steve Stratz, +1-206-300-9134, steve@illuminatepr.com, both of Illuminate Public Relations for SecondSpace, Inc.