Tahoe Sunset
Zillow and Trulia traffic grow in first half 2009 amid real estate market uncertainty, homeowners, buyers and sellers turning to Zillow® in record numbers for research and advice. An average of 8.3 million unique users visited Zillow each month during this period, which is an increase of 67 percent year-over-year. In addition, the site had some 35 percent more for-sale listings in the first half of 2009 versus a year earlier, as the result of more listings feed partnerships with brokerages and Multiple Listings Services.  Consumers submitted 265,000 loan requests on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace in the first six months of 2009. Lenders responded with 3.5 million custom loan quotes during this same period. Trulia, Inc. announced that during the past six-months, more than 30 million unique visitors used Trulia to search for homes, track real estate trends and participate on Trulia Voices. Trulia also experienced significant increases in the first half of 2009 across all key traffic and user engagement metrics. Property views increased by more than 90 percent and page views increased by 83 percent.