JOINT FILING AGREEMENT December 8, 2005

Exhibit 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

December 8, 2005

     In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of the undersigned (each a “Reporting Person”) hereby agrees to the joint filing on behalf of each of the Reporting Persons of a Schedule 13D (including any and all amendments thereto) with respect to the shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Homestore, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and that this Joint Filing Agreement may be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing.

     Each of the Reporting Persons agrees that each party hereto is responsible for the timely filing of such Schedule 13D (including any and all amendments thereto) and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning such party contained therein; provided that no party is responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning any other party, unless such party actually knows that such information is incorrect.

     This Joint Filing Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this Joint Filing Agreement as of the date first written above.

		ELEVATION PARTNERS, L.P.
		By:		Elevation Associates, L.P.,
				as General Partner
		By:		Elevation Associates, LLC,
				as General Partner
		By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
				Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
				Title: Manager
		ELEVATION ASSOCIATES, L.P.
		By:		Elevation Associates, LLC,
				as General Partner
		By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
				Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
				Title: Manager
		ELEVATION ASSOCIATES, LLC
		By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
				Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
				Title: Manager

		ELEVATION EMPLOYEE SIDE FUND, LLC
		By:		Elevation Management, LLC,
				as Managing Member
		By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
				Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
				Title: Manager
		ELEVATION MANAGEMENT, LLC
		By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
				Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
				Title: Manager
		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
		Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
		Xxxx Xxxxxxx
		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxx Xxxxxx
		/s/ Xxxxx XxXxxxx
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		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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