, Combine a love of historic homes,
a career in real estate, and experience managing Internet start-ups, and you
get Historic Homesteads, LLC (http://www. "We connect independent sellers,
preservationists and real estate agents to buyers who want and love historic
homes. Aside from the seller's listing
fees, Historic Homesteads never charges a commission on the sale of any home.

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listings and receive customized yard signs in the mail. Thanks to the site's
account-based structure, sellers can manage multiple listings at once, and all
information is protected by secure socket layer (SSL) technology through
digital certificate provider GeoTrust.com
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obligation or duty to update or revise any of the information
presented herein.

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greater visibility, Historic Homesteads is running an aggressive advertising
campaign in national publications , including This Old House, Fine Homebuilding
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compete, newspapers need tools now that deliver the capabilities
today's online sellers and buyers are using.

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"Our goal is to offer buyers and sellers the premier marketplace for
historic real estate while promoting awareness and preservation of our
nation's history," Plac explained., a company whose online marketplaces have
generated more than $65 million in revenue for newspapers in the past
three years, today announced the launch of eMarketplaceXpress, a
complete, stand-alone online classified marketplace that enables
newspapers to respond aggressively to free classified competitors.

The eMarketplaceXpress platform enables newspapers to create free
and low-cost online classified marketplaces, separate from the
newspaper 's site of print listings, in order to compete directly in
their local markets with free-listing services such as craigslist,
said Phil Dubois, president and CEO of CityXpress Corp.

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Buyers looking for historic homes can search through an average of 400
listings by region, state, architectural style, price range and other
criteria. In 2004,
CityXpress announced a strategic relationship with Knight Ridder, the
nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, to be the exclusive
provider of online auctions for its newspapers.

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company, founded earlier this month by Manhattan real estate broker Steven
Thomas Plac, is celebrating its official launch by giving away 200 free
listings on HistoricHomesteads. CityXpress works with newspapers in the United States,
Canada and Europe to stage local auctions through its hosted software
and on-site sales and customer support services.

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"Historic Homesteads is the link to buying and selling historic homes
throughout the country," stated Plac. "There are many homeowners and prospective
buyers out there who want something more than a neighborhood full of
identical, brand-new houses, and they can find it at HistoricHomesteads . Newspapers can also offer
value-added features such as multiple photos, priority listings,
enhanced displays and vendor profiles.

CityXpress (www.

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com. But along with connecting buyers and sellers of
historic homes, HistoricHomesteads.

In late 2004, Editor + Publisher cited a report from Classified
Intelligence LLC that said craigslist has cost newspapers in the San
Francisco Bay Area $50- to $65-million in employment advertising
revenue, and untold millions more in merchandise and real-estate
advertising.

"We believe that newspapers can level the playing field with
online marketplaces whose features and functions meet the competition
head-on, and eMarketplaceXpress was designed to meet this need,"
Dubois said.

This press release and/or communication contains forward-looking
statements regarding the Company's business strategy and future plans
of operations .

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In keeping with Plac's passion for historic architecture, Historic
Homesteads is committed to donating a portion of every listing fee toward
historic preservation all across America.

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"World-class online competitors have redefined the local
classified market and set the bar high," Dubois said. and Seattle, Wash.

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Those interested in a particular home can contact the seller
confidentially through HistoricHomesteads.com.

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"Online users
expect to be able to place free ads over the Web and to have access to
capabilities not available through most online newspaper sites.com), the leading supplier of event
auctions, online marketplaces and e-commerce enabled classifieds for
the newspaper industry, has pioneered event auctions for newspapers
since 2002.

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Owners of homes built in 1950 or earlier can list their properties on
HistoricHomesteads. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties, such as the Company's capital requirements
and other liquidity concerns, fluctuations in demand for newspaper
auctions and for the Company's other products , competition,
technological developments, and other risks and factors.

This category is for sites which offer an online classified ad service specifically geared to visual arts.

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com). Package prices start at $50
per three-month period and include up to ten color photos at no extra cost;
some include placement on the HistoricHomesteads.

About CityXpress Corp. CityXpress is
headquartered in Vancouver, B.

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Historic Homesteads LLC Launches Web Site Connecting Buyers and Sellers of Historic Homes

BROOKLYN, N."

Contact:
Steven Thomas Plac
Historic Homesteads , LLC
Phone: (800) 921-0158
info@historichomesteads.C.

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Y.historichomesteads. Newspaper groups can also link
individual city sites running on the eMarketplaceXpress platform
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia----March 16,
2005 --CityXpress Corp.

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eMarketplaceXpress is a self-contained marketplace that includes
online ad-taking and payment options, browse and proximity search
capabilities, e-commerce functionality to facilitate buyer-seller
transactions, and a vendor rating system. These and
other important factors may cause actual results and performance to
differ materially from the results expressed in or implied by such
forward-looking statements.

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historical resources on the state and national levels in all 50 states.

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The company currently
provides services to newspaper companies including Knight Ridder,
MediaNews Group, Cox Enterprises, McClatchy , CanWest Global, Lee
Enterprises, Scripps Howard, Freedom Newspapers, the New York Times
Company and the Northcliffe Newspaper Group.

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This release was issued through eReleases(TM). The forward-looking statements are based
on information available to the Company and speak only as of the date
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