Trulia acquires Market Leader to enter realm of enterprise software

Online real estate marketplace Trulia acquires Market Leader, a company that provides a software-as-a-service solution for real estate professionals, for $355 million.

Placester locks up $2.5M so real estate agents can do business online

Placester announced $2.5 million in funding today for its suite of software solutions that help real estate agents, brokers, and home owners effectively run their business online.

Trulia is raising $150M to ‘boost cash reserves’ for acquisitions

Real estate listings site Trulia announced this morning that it is looking to raise $150 million so it can move quickly on potential acquisitions.

Zillow’s Marketplace revenue nearly doubles with a strong Q4

Zillow reported its fourth quater 2012 earnings today, crushing analyst estimates and perhaps silencing the critics who say its business model is baloney.

New apartment rental marketplace lets hunters search for shelter in packs

RoomHunt integrates a rental directory with social networks to simplify the process of finding a place to live and roommates to live with.

Zillow continues its mobile push with iPhone Rentals app

Zillow says mobile and real estate go hand in hand, which is why the company is launching its Rentals app for the iPhone

Real-estate site Trulia files for $75M IPO despite consistent losses

Real estate site Trulia publicly filed for a $75 million IPO this morning, setting its sights on its competitor Zillow, which went public last year.

VivaReal raises funding to tackle Brazilian real estate market

VivaReal, a Latin American real estate portal we wrote about in 2010, announced that it has pulled in its first round of institutional funding for an undisclosed amount.

Greg Waldorf, an investor and board member of real estate portal Trulia, …

Zillow adds lender marketplace and finance tools to iPhone app

Real estate listings site Zillow on Thursday launched a new version of its iPhone app that incorporates its Mortgage Marketplace and new financial tools to help people manage and finance home purchases.

Zillow has caught the attention of tech watchers …

Zillow, Pandora only fresh IPOs to outlast market slip

Continued uncertainty about financial stability in Europe and a government deadlock in the United States struck publicly-traded equities on Thursday, sending the tech-heavy NASDAQ index down 3.3 percent and below a technical level of support that might indicate future weakness.…

SEOmoz is looking for $25M second round (updated)

UPDATED: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that SEOmoz had secured a second round of funding. We regret the error.

Search engine optimization software company SEOmoz is close to raising a $25 million second round of funding, sources …

Updated: Fresh IPOs stumble amid market tantrum. Is the IPO window closed?

It’s day two of complete market mayhem. Has the chaos closed the window for companies looking to file for an initial public offering?

As of market close, the NASDAQ composite index was down nearly 7 percent for the day. This …

Despite record IPO week, NASDAQ CEO doesn’t see a bubble

The NASDAQ stock exchange just posted a record week for initial public offerings, with companies including Zillow and Skullcandy pulling in roughly half a billion dollars in three days. Next week, the stock market will see seven separate IPOs.

Taking …

Zillow share price doubles, then quickly falls during IPO

Real estate listings site Zillow opened on the NASDAQ stock exchange this morning with a whopping $60 share price after its IPO was priced last night at $20 per share. But the $60 per share price fell quickly after the …

Zillow raises IPO price to $16-$18 with nearly $500M valuation

As it inches closer to going public, real estate listings site Zillow raised the price of its initial public offering to a range between $16 and $18. The new price ups its valuation to $485 million.

Originally, Zillow had set …

Zillow prices IPO, now has nearly $400M valuation

Online real estate company Zillow on Wednesday filed new SEC documents that declare its IPO pricing between $12 and $14 a share, which gives the company a $378 million valuation. The company intends to raise up to $55.7 million in …