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Trulia Agrees to Buy Real-Estate Software Maker Market Leader for $355 Million

Trulia Inc.has agreed to acquire real-estate-focused software maker Market Leader Inc. for about $355 million in cash and stock as the real-estate-listing service looks to beef up its offerings.

Post-Yahoo, Dapper Creators Now Want to Make Home Buying Easier

Closing Time helps manage the tasks associated with buying a home.
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Trulia Thinks Outside the Search Box for Smarter House-Hunting

Trulia Suggests promises a more intelligent, personalized way to search for a new home.
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Zynga to Shutter More Offices, Lay Off Some Workers

More downsizing for the gaming company, though in the name of cost-cutting.
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Trulia Gets a Boost From a Strong Mobile Real Estate Market

Trulia’s shares hit an all-time high today, driven in part by the strong performance of mobile.
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Home-Design Help — At What Cost?

Zillow Digs, a new app and website, shows photos of beautiful rooms and provides estimates that tell people how much it might cost them to do the same remodel in their homes.
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Why Malls Are Getting Mauled

“I don’t think we’re overbuilt, I think we’re under-demolished.”
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AMD Shares Up on Real Estate Sale-Leaseback

Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices are rising by more than 4 percent today on word that the company expects to make between $150 million and $200 million on a sale-leaseback deal pending on its 58-acre campus in Austin, Texas. The move had been rumored earlier this month, and will alleviate a worsening shortage of cash.

Zillow Shares Dive on Revenue Outlook; Company Buys Mortgage Tool Firm

Zillow will pay $12 million plus stock for Mortech.
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Zillow Acquires Buyfolio to Make Home-Buying More Collaborative

For Zillow’s fourth acquisition, the Seattle-based online real estate company has purchased Buyfolio, a collaborative shopping platform where home shoppers can search, track, organize and discuss listings with others. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Buyfolio’s co-founders, Matt and Susan Daimler, will continue working for Zillow from its New York City office. Zillow plans to make the company’s tools available to its agents and brokerages nationwide.