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Exhibit 4.2  


UNIT CERTIFICATE  


NO.                   UNITS  


CUSIP 451697 205

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS



IGGYS HOUSE, INC.



UNIT CERTIFICATE



INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE



EACH UNIT CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE



OF COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE,



ONE REDEEMABLE CLASS A WARRANT AND



ONE REDEEMABLE CLASS B WARRANT  


THIS CERTIFIES THAT  


or
registered assigns (the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the number of Units specified above, each of which consists of one share of common stock, $.001 par value, of Iggys House, Inc.
(the "Common Stock"), one redeemable Class A warrant, and one redeemable Class B warrant, each warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock (collectively, the "Warrants"). On or prior
to the Separation Time (as defined herein), the securities evidenced by this certificate may be combined, exchanged or transferred only as Units, and the Common Stock and Warrants evidenced by this
Certificate may not be split up, exchanged or traded separately. The Units will separate into shares of Common Stock and Warrants as of the close of business
on                        , 2007  [30 days after the date of the final prospectus] (the "Separation Time"). The shares of Common Stock and the Warrants
comprising the Units shall be separately tradeable commencing on the first day after the Separation Time on which the NASDAQ Capital Market is open for trading. The Warrants comprising part of the
Units are issued under and pursuant to a certain Warrant Agreement dated as of                        , 2007 (the "Warrant
Agreement"), between Iggys House, Inc. and Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, as Warrant Agent (the "Warrant Agent and Registrar"), and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein and on the face of the certificates covered thereby, to all of which
terms and provisions the holder of this Unit Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. The Warrant Agreement provides for adjustment to the exercise price of the Warrants evidenced hereby and in the
number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon the exercise of Warrants in certain events therein set forth. 


Copies
of the Warrant Agreement are available for inspection at the stock transfer office of the Warrant Agent and Registrar or may be obtained upon written request addressed to Iggys
House, Inc., One South Wacker Dr., Suite 1900, Chicago, IL, 60606, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. 


This
Unit Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent and Registrar of the Company. 








IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Iggys House, Inc. has caused this Unit Certificate to be duly executed manually or in facsimile by two of its officers thereunto duly authorized. 



	 
	 	 
	 

	Dated:	 	Iggys House, Inc.
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
President
	

 	
 	

Attest:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Secretary
	

	
 	

 	

 
	
Countersigned	
 	

 	

 





Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 17 Battery Place

New York, New York 10004-1125 



	

By:	

 	
 	

 
	 	
Authorized Signature	 	 











 
 

IGGYS HOUSE, INC.    
    


        The Registered Holder hereby is entitled, at any time after the Separation Time (as defined on the face hereof) to exchange the Units represented by this Unit
Certificate for Common Stock Certificate(s) representing one share of Common Stock for each Unit represented by this Unit Certificate, and Warrant Certificate(s) representing one redeemable
Class A Warrant for each Unit represented by this Unit Certificate, and one redeemable Class B Warrant for each unit represented by this Unit Certificate, upon surrender of this Unit
Certificate to the Warrant Agent and Registrar together with any documentation required by such agent. 


REFERENCE
IS MADE TO THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO ON THE FACE HEREOF, AND THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH WARRANT AGREEMENT SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH ON THE
FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE. COPIES OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE WARRANT AGENT AND REGISTRAR, CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY. 


The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations. 



	 	TEN COM —	 	as tenants in common	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT —	 	
	 	Custodian	 	

	 	TEN ENT —	 	as tenants by the entireties	 	 	 	(Cust)	 	 	 	(Minor)
	 	JT TEN —	 	as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common	 	 	 	under Uniform Gifts to Minors

Act
                              (State)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	UNIF TRF MIN ACT —	 	
	 	Custodian	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	(Cust)	 	 	 	(Minor)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	under Uniform Transfers to Minors

Act
                              (State)





Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 







 
 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
  
    (TO BE SIGNED ONLY UPON ASSIGNMENT)    



FOR VALUE RECEIVED,  


hereby
sell(s), assign(s), and transfer(s) unto 


(PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
 OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

OF ASSIGNEE)


(PLEASE
PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) 


                                        
                                          
                                         
                                     
Shares of the Units represented by the within Certificate, and do(es) hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
                                         
                                          
                                      Attorney to transfer the
said Units on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. 



Dated: 





(Signature
must conform in all respects to the name of Registered Holder as specified on the face of this Warrant Certificate in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever, and the
signature must be guaranteed in the usual manner.) 


Signatures Guaranteed:  





The
signatures should be guaranteed by an eligible institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan association and credit unions with membership in an approved signature medallion program),
pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15. 











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IGGYS HOUSE, INC.

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT (TO BE SIGNED ONLY UPON ASSIGNMENT)