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(), the best place to start your real estatesearch, today announced the ability for users to search for listings thathave undergone price cuts since first coming on the market. Trulia'sresearch has found that 27% of homes currently on the market across theUnited States have experienced at least one price cut. Across 15 majorcities, including New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta,the average price reduction for homes ranged from $20,000 to $295,000.Specific data for major markets is included below."It doesn't matter if your price point is $200,000 or $2 million, in thesedifficult times people are searching for the best deals they can find onhomes," said Pete Flint, Trulia CEO and co-founder. "Our new pricereduction functionality makes it easier for people to find the home oftheir dreams without laboring through unwanted results."Trulia is the first and only real estate site to provide consumers withthe ability to use price reductions as a search filter in their quest tofind a deal in today's market. The new Price Reduction feature can beaccessed from the Trulia homepage and is deeply integrated into theexisting search experience on the search results page and via theadvanced search tab.
Detailed information regarding multiple pricereductions and prior sold data is now available on each property listingpage.As the spring buying season approaches and the real estate marketcontinues to be increasingly competitive, price reductions are becomingmore prevalent. Providing home buyers with access to price reduction datawill help them be better informed as they decide which home to purchaseand will help ensure consumers get the most home for their dollar. Users can also sort theirsearch results by the size, percentage or date of the home price reduction.--Home Details Page -- detailed information regarding all pricereductions and prior sold data for each home is available on the propertylisting page.--Advanced Search -- Price Reductions can be selected as an additionalsearch filter.Charts are available for download at: http:// data is available for the media by contacting Methodology: All price change data is from live listings on Trulia , asof April 13, 2009, and tracks all price reductions from April 13, 2008 toApril 13, 2009 This data does not include foreclosure properties. Truliaobtains its listing information from brokers, agents, third partyaggregators and MLSs. The percentage of listings with price reductionsincludes any non-foreclosure property on Trulia that has experiencedat least one price reduction since it was first posted on the site. Thecity level data is for listings within the city boundary, and not formetro areas.About Trulia, Inc.Trulia, Inc. has revolutionized real estate search by offering a rich,intuitive user experience to help consumers find homes for sale, tracklocal price trends, compare properties and neighborhood data all at thehyper-local level.
Trulia Voices, the largest real estate community onthe web, allows home buyers, sellers, agents and real estate enthusiaststo ask questions, receive advice and blog on topics such as the buyingand selling process, foreclosures, refinancing and more. Trulia'suser-friendly search can also be accessed on more than 170 websites as aresult of our media partnerships. Trulia has received a number of awards,including the 2008 People's Voice Webby Award in the real estatecategory. For more information, visit http:// Contact:Ken ShumanEmail ContactorPaul Loefflerfor TruliaEmail Contact415-848-7176Copyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. SUNNYVALE, CA, Apr 23 (MARKET WIRE) -- Fujitsu was among the select companies that Forrester Research invited toparticipate in its April 6, 2009, report "The Forrester Wave(TM): GlobalIT Infrastructure Outsourcing, Q1 2009." In this evaluation, Fujitsu wasselected as a strong performer in global IT infrastructure outsourcing.The Forrester team, led by Principal Analyst Paul Roehrig, Ph.D.,evaluated each leading global IT infrastructure outsourcing serviceprovider against 31 criteria and compared that evaluation against otherglobal vendors. According to the report, "Fujitsu demonstrated a goodbalance of current offering capabilities and strategy to land in theStrong Performer category."Fujitsu also received top scores for the following criteria:--Client feedback on account management --Infrastructure services client base --Total employees Jack Noble, executive vice president, IT Services Group at FujitsuAmerica, says the company is building upon the major pieces of ITinfrastructure capability that make Fujitsu America a full-spectrum ITsolutions provider.
The initiative will fuel growth in North America andsupport globalization."Only the strongest global firms with demonstrable track records forsuccess in IT infrastructure outsourcing were included in this report,"said Noble. "This is a great achievement for Fujitsu, but we will not reston our laurels. Our company has long delivered premium IT infrastructuresolutions and services to clients worldwide, and the new Fujitsu Americawill continue this commitment through enhanced offerings and initiativesfor companies across North America."Fujitsu provides a wide range of IT infrastructure services that helpclients implement industry best practices and deploy the people andprocesses required to align a client's IT initiatives with their businessobjectives. IT infrastructure solutions from Fujitsu include data centerservices, server managed services,network services, service desk,desktop managed services and security managed services.