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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SHARPLES BRIAN   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HOMEAWAY INC [AWAY] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President and CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 1011 W. FIFTH STREET, SUITE 300 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/14/2012 (Street) AUSTIN, TX 78703 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 09/14/2012   S(1)   24,000 D $ 25.0861 (7) 33,346 D   Common Stock               1,062,513 I By Moose Pond Investments, LP (2) Common Stock               200,000 I By Sharples Venture Partners, LP (3) Common Stock               11,402 I By The Chloe Marie Sharples 1998 Trust (4) Common Stock               11,402 I By The Emma Jette Sharples 2002 Trust (5) Common Stock               11,403 I By The Hawken Drake Sharples 2009 Trust (6)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SHARPLES BRIAN 1011 W. FIFTH STREET, SUITE 300 AUSTIN, TX 78703	X		President and CEO

Signatures

/s/ Melissa Fruge as Attorney-in-Fact for Brian Sharples		09/17/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Transaction pursuant to a 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted by the Reporting Person in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(2)	The reporting person is the limited partner of Moose Pond Investments, LP and the sole manager of Moose Pond Mgt., LLC, the general partner of Moose Pond Investments LP, and has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Moose Pond Investments, LP.
(3)	The reporting person is a general partner of Sharples Venture Partners, LP and has sole voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Sharples Venture Partners, LP.
(4)	The reporting person is the trustee of The Chloe Marie Sharples 2002 Trust and has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the trust.
(5)	The reporting person is the trustee of The Emma Jette Sharples 2002 Trust and has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the trust.
(6)	The reporting person is the trustee of the Hawken Drake Sharples 2009 Trust and has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the trust.
(7)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $25.00 to $25.22.

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