Press Release #0014

Advanced Access Finalizes Preferred Supplier Agreement With The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.

(Anaheim, CA – January 5, 2004) – Advanced Access, an industry leader in Web design, hosting and Internet marketing for real estate professionals, today announced a “preferred supplier” agreement with The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., a Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE: PRU) company.

The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., consists of companies that are selected based upon outstanding performance records, high levels of customer service and shared business values. Upon joining The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., companies are provided with many benefits, including access to a free and private Website that links sales professionals to a “24/7” resource, and increased media exposure through an advertising campaign that encompasses some of America's most watched networks and print media. The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates Inc. is also the largest real estate advertiser in The Wall Street Journal.

“We are quite honored to be chosen for this program, and this announcement concludes the most successful year in the history of Advanced Access,” announced President Justin Davis. “Certainly this has been a milestone year in our company’s history, with agreements reached with North Carolina, Kansas, Florida and Illinois, and this cooperative venture serves as a further testimony to our staff’s commitment to excellence in customer service.”

Jane Ellsworth, Senior Vice-President, also added, “…this culminates the efforts of many people who have worked very hard during the past year to ensure the successful future of Advanced Access.” She concluded, “Naturally, we want to thank the leadership of Prudential and ensure them that we are committed to providing quality customer service throughout their relationship with our product-line, as we anticipate and look forward to a very exciting two-thousand-and-four.”

About The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.

Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services is Prudential Financial's integrated real estate brokerage franchise and relocation services business. The real estate group markets franchises primarily to existing real estate companies. As of Dec. 31, 2002, there were more than 1,600 franchise offices and over 44,000 sales professionals in the franchise network in the United States and Canada. All franchisees are independently owned and operated. Prudential Financial's real estate group began offering franchises in 1988 and is now one of the largest real estate brokerage franchise networks in North America.

Prudential Financial companies, with approximately $421 billion in total assets under management as of Sept. 30, 2003, serve individual and institutional customers worldwide and include The Prudential Insurance Company of America, one of the largest life insurance companies in the United States. These companies offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, property and casualty insurance, mutual funds, annuities, pension and retirement related services and administration, asset management, banking and trust services, real estate brokerage franchises and relocation services. For more information, visit www.prudential.com