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INTERNAIIONAL REALTY GROUB NC.SARASOTA IO5TA I]IA PANAMA

January 5,2008For mmediateReleaseContact reggA. Binford: regg@cityscapesirg.comr 9a1.361.CITY2489)CityscapesCreatesNew Paradigm n Real EstateBrokering

(Sarasota,la.)- CityscapesnternationalealtyGroup, high-end outiqueealestate ompany ithofficesnSarasota, la.,Tambor, ostaRica, ndPanama ity,Panama, asemergedo bring newparadigmo realestate. onceivedn hedepthsof a sunken ealestatemarketn Sarasota,hecompany'sanuary 5'n rand peningintroducests50 nternationalistinosn hree ountries nd tsnetworkhatextendsothree ontinents.CityscapesRGhas ebuffedhecurrently eak ealestatemarket, rovingtselfvirtually conomy roof. hesuccess anbe attributedo GreggA. Binford,broker/ownerf hecompany. e hascapitalizedn he woprimary onvergentrendsin oday's ealestatendustry:he mobile,nternationalorkforce nd he ech-sawybuyers ndagents. ethe'salso ntroducedprojectracking eb-basedystemhatkeepsrackof a deal's riginationsnd tscontributingartnersndhelps onsummatetransactions,ncludingoncircumventionnd acilitatingimely losure f deals. t al laddsup o employeeuccess."Todayealestate rofessionalsave o realizehere's newparadigmnbrokerages;everythings connectedlobally. esearchhows hat80 percent f allbuyers tartontheweb,and ealtors reworkingrom heirhomes ndmeeting ithclients utsideheoffice,connecting uyerswithproperties. et oday'sbrokers tillbelieve hat he moreagentsheyhire- trained r untrained- hegreaterhe ncomehatwillbe produced.However,hatconceptn oday'smarkets provingo be archaic. ince 0%oftheagents roduce 0%of heproductivity,rying o house' ll heseagents ndcarrythousandsf dollars monthnoverhead nlyworksduring boommarket henal l

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agentsareproducing. rokerages hichare structurednthis ashiondon'thave heabilityo contract nd expandwith hemarket's ycles," aysBinford."AtCityscapes, urpurposesn't o househundreds f agents.We're ikea docking

stationwhereagents an refuel,holdmeetingswith clients, ickup collateralmaterials,thenmoveon to theirdestination.Mostwork romproductive gents sperformedromhome, aptops,PDAS nd heircellphones.Wework on highqualityprojectswith a widebandof diversificationround he US and outsidehe US, as well as handling esidentialsaleswithour residential ivision."Backedby 10years n realestatewith Sarasota gencies,wherehe was a top agentand op recruiter, inford elieveshatany icensed ffiliate fficeof CityscapesRGcanrunsuccessfully ith as few as two agents.That'swhy,despitehavingeschewedconventionalecruitmentechniques, ityscapess running uccessfullyff thegroundwith onlyeightagents n its Sarasota ffice.Thoseagentsareworkingon projects uchas locating nd selling5O0,OOOcres n Honduras,indingwaterfront ropertyn CostaRica or majorhotelchains,andpairingEuropean nd NorthAmerican omeownerwiththe residenceshey seek.Partof the Citpcapesparadigms itsprojectrackingweb-based ofh,vareystem."The racking ystem unctionsike he raditionalMLSsystem.Eachbrokerwill haveaccess o all he Cityscapes' rojecls lobally ecausehey'vepurchased pieceof aprojectbaseestablishedhrough earsof connections. owever, gentshavepasswordaccessonly o projeclshey'redirectly nvolvedn, due o the confidentialityf eachclientand eachproject.f we sellsomething, esell t together.Brokers r agentsinvolvedn these ransactionsan't egallybe bypassed r eliminatedrom a transactionand ultimately ompensation.n otherwords,agents an'tgo to the sourcewithoutincludingheothers nvolvedn theproject," xplainsBinford.Thissharingof projectss uniqueo Cityscapes;t increaseshe probability f thesetransac{ionsomingo fruition.The racking ystem,which swebbasedand accessibleromanywhere,an alsobeimplementedn the residential ideof sales,allowing gentso trackand og nformationfrom contracto closing.Cityscapes'n-house apabilities nd networks pan he ullrealmof realestate: itles,lending,nsurance, omewarranties,egalcounseling,nd otherprofessionalealestateservicesor residential ndcommercialransactions.