SEATTLE, Jan. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Zillow, Inc.
(NASDAQ: Z), the leading real estate and home-related information
marketplace, today announced Metropolitan Regional Information
Systems, Inc. (MRIS), one of the nation's largest multiple listings
service (MLS), has passed a board resolution to finalize
negotiations with Zillow to join the Zillow® Partnership Platform.
Through the Zillow Partnership Platform, MRIS brokers will have the
option to send their more than 50,000 residential listings and
8,800 rental listings directly to Zillow as part of the brokers'
online marketing activities.
"We are very excited to create a direct relationship between
MRIS and Zillow," said Spencer
Rascoff, Zillow CEO. "This partnership means MRIS's huge
inventory of for-sale listings will appear accurately and quickly
to the millions of home shoppers using Zillow, and that the brokers
and agents who are part of MRIS will have total control over the
content of their listings."
More than 45,000 real estate professionals throughout the
Mid-Atlantic region, including Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and parts of Pennsylvania, Delaware and West
Virginia, are customers of MRIS, and facilitate over
$125 million a day in real estate
transactions.
"Our brokers retain complete control over their listings and the
opportunity to market them as they see fit," said David Charron, president and CEO of MRIS.
"Zillow offers reporting data and other services we believe will
help our members be more successful, including highlighting the
listing agent on every listing and a dedicated customer service
team."
"MRIS's market is very hot right now," said Curt Beardsley, Zillow vice president of
industry development. "Inventory is incredibly tight in this region
so ensuring listings are up-to-date is a top priority for us.
Having high quality listing data helps guarantee consumers have the
best experience possible. A new direct data feed helps us not only
maintain that great consumer experience, but allows for us to
better serve the customers of MRIS."
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 website and have daily reporting access. To learn more
about the platform email mlspartners@zillow.com or call
206-757-4250.
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About Zillow, Inc.
Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ:Z) operates
the leading real estate and home-related information marketplaces
on mobile and the Web, with a complementary portfolio of brands and
products that help people find vital information about homes, and
connect with the best local professionals. Zillow's brands serve
the full lifecycle of owning and living in a home: buying, selling,
renting, financing, remodeling and more. In addition, Zillow offers
a suite of tools and services to help local real estate, mortgage,
rental and home improvement professionals manage and market their
businesses. Welcoming 73 million unique users in December 2014, the Zillow, Inc. portfolio
includes Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, Zillow Mortgages, Zillow
Rentals, Zillow Digs®, Postlets®, Diverse Solutions®, Mortech®,
HotPads®, StreetEasy® and Retsly™. The company is headquartered in
Seattle.
Zillow.com, Zillow, Postlets, Mortech, Diverse Solutions,
StreetEasy, HotPads and Digs are registered trademarks of Zillow,
Inc. Retsly is a trademark of Zillow, Inc.
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