SEATTLE, March 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Zillow Group,
which houses a portfolio of the largest and most vibrant real
estate and home-related brands on mobile and Web, today announced
that Zillow® and Trulia® will have a higher number of
for-sale-by-agent listings on April
8, after their contracts with ListHub end, than ever
before1. Additionally, another 16 new MLS partners have
signed agreements in the past week to send their listings directly
to Zillow and Trulia.
"The team has been working incredibly quickly to bring new MLS
partners to Zillow and Trulia," said Errol
Samuelson, Zillow Group chief industry development officer.
"Come April 8, our listings will be
more robust and accurate than ever before – a huge benefit for
consumers and agents as we head into home selling season. This is a
positive step forward for the industry, enabling brokers and agents
to take complete control of their listings and decide exactly where
they should be marketed. This also ensures that sellers have their
homes marketed on the Internet sites with the largest consumer
audience. The process of establishing new partnerships has been
incredibly encouraging, and we continue to talk to MLSs across the
country and sign new contracts every day."
New partners include:
- Baldwin Multi-List, Inc. -
Milledgeville, Ga.
- Brazoria County MLS – Lake Jackson,
Texas
- Central Missouri Board of
REALTORS® – Marshall, Mo.
- Consolidated MLS, Inc. – Columbia,
S.C.
- Fayetteville Regional MLS Association of REALTORS, Inc. –
Fayetteville, N.C.
- Kanawha Valley Board of REALTORS – Charleston, W. Va.
- Kerrville Board of REALTORS –
Kerrville, Texas
- MiRealSource, Inc. – Troy,
Mich.
- Multiple Listing Service of Ulster
County – Kingston,
N.Y.
- Navarre Area Board of REALTORS –
Navarre, Fla.
- Reelfoot Regional MLS – Union City,
Tenn.
- South Central Wisconsin MLS Corporation – Madison, Wisc.
- South Padre Island Board of
REALTORS, South Padre Island,
Texas
- Southern Illinois Regional MLS – Collinsville, Ill.
- Superior Area Association of REALTORS, Inc. – Duluth, Minn.
- Western Kentucky Regional MLS Inc. – Benton, Ky.
Through the Zillow Partnership Platform, real estate agents will
be prominently displayed as the listing agent on all of their
listings and be able to receive leads directly from Zillow.
Brokerages will receive attribution, branding, a link back directly
to their websites and have daily reporting access. To learn more
about the platform, email mlspartners@zillow.com or call
206-757-4250. To inquire with Trulia about establishing a direct
feed, please send an email to: MLS@trulia.com.
Zillow Group
Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z) houses a
portfolio of the largest real estate and home-related brands on the
Web and mobile. The company's brands focus on all stages of the
home lifecycle: renting, buying, selling, financing and home
improvement. Zillow Group is committed to empowering consumers with
unparalleled data, inspiration and knowledge around homes, and
connecting them with the right local professionals to help. The
Zillow Group portfolio of consumer brands includes real estate and
rental marketplaces Zillow®, Trulia®, StreetEasy® and HotPads®. In
addition, Zillow Group works with tens of thousands of real estate
agents, lenders and rental professionals, helping maximize business
opportunities and connect to millions of consumers. The company
operates a number of business brands for real estate, rental and
mortgage professionals, including Postlets®, Mortech®, Diverse
Solutions®, Market Leader® and Retsly™. The company is
headquartered in Seattle.
Zillow, Postlets, Mortech, Diverse Solutions, StreetEasy, and
HotPads are registered trademarks of Zillow, Inc. Retsly is a
trademark of Zillow, Inc. Trulia is a registered trademark of
Trulia, Inc.
REALTOR is a registered trademark of the National Association of
Realtors.
1 Notwithstanding seasonality and market inventory
fluctuations, as a result of the increase in direct feeds, Zillow
and Trulia will have a larger percentage of active listings than
they would have if the ListHub contracts had not ended.
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