SEATTLE, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Zillow, Inc.
(NASDAQ: Z), the leading real estate and home-related marketplace,
today announced a new partnership with RealPage (NASDAQ: RP), a
leading provider of on-demand property management software, to help
connect multifamily companies with new residents. This partnership
will broaden the marketing exposure for multifamily rental
companies that choose to market their rental listings on Zillow®,
while providing new tools and services to help them manage their
listings and find their new residents more quickly.
As part of the agreement, MyNewPlace, RealPage's rental website,
will join the Zillow Rental Network, comprised of Zillow.com,
Yahoo!® and HotPads™. Under the agreement, multifamily rental
companies that market their listings on Zillow will have the option
to have their listings appear on MyNewPlace. Zillow will also begin
offering RealPage's near real-time pricing and availability
information to multifamily companies who also use RealPage products
and services. Additionally, all multifamily companies will soon be
able to take advantage of RealPage Live Agent Service, which
leverages the RealPage Contact Center solution, to help manage
incoming contacts.
"RealPage's tools and service will bring great value to our
multifamily rental customers," said Greg
Schwartz, Zillow chief revenue officer. "In addition to
bringing more consumers to their listings, property managers will
have new tools at their disposal to manage their properties more
easily. In turn, this will provide the 15 million rental shoppers
who come to Zillow a better experience."
"We are very pleased to be partnering with Zillow as this
relationship will benefit both RealPage and Zillow users alike,"
said Steve Winn, CEO of RealPage.
"We will continue to market the MyNewPlace Premium service, which
compliments the Zillow listings and gives owners and managers even
more contacts. By adding pricing, unit availability and, most
importantly, a live agent on the other end of each phone and email
contact, we are confident that Zillow users will realize increased
lead-to-lease conversion rates."
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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 83 million unique users in June 2014, the Zillow, Inc. portfolio includes
Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, Zillow
Rentals, Zillow Digs®, Postlets®, Diverse Solutions®, Agentfolio®,
Mortech®, HotPads™, StreetEasy® and Retsly™. The company is
headquartered in Seattle.
Zillow.com, Zillow, Postlets, Mortech, Diverse Solutions,
StreetEasy, Agentfolio and Digs are registered trademarks of
Zillow, Inc. HotPads and Retsly are trademarks of Zillow, Inc.
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