Exhibit 32.02

                      STATEMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                               OF HOMESTORE, INC.
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

      In connection with the Annual Report of Homestore, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2003, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned,
Lewis R. Belote, III, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifies,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

      2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

Dated: March 15, 2004

                                               /s/ Lewis R. Belote, III
                                               ------------------------
                                               Lewis R. Belote, III
                                               Chief Financial Officer

      A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or
other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the
signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this
written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Homestore, Inc.
and will be retained by Homestore, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.