SEATTLE, April 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z), the leading real estate information marketplace, today announced it entered into an exclusive partnership with Beijing Yisheng Leju Information Services Co. ("Leju"), an affiliate of E-House (China) Holdings Limited (NYSE: EJ), a leading real estate services company in China, to power Leju's U.S. home shopping experience.  

Beginning in early summer 2014, Leju visitors who search for U.S. properties will be brought to a Zillow®-Leju co-branded website whereby they will have access to Zillow's robust home search experience, rich data on homes, millions of for-sale listings, and unique pre-market inventory. The co-branded site will be translated into Chinese and operated by Zillow.

This partnership presents a tremendous opportunity for real estate professionals who display their listings on Zillow to reach the second-largest population of foreign buyers of U.S. homes. Chinese buyers spent more than $11 billion on U.S. properties, [i] and on average, spent $425,000 on a home - with 69 percent of purchases reported as all-cash purchases.[ii]

"We're excited to announce this exclusive partnership with Leju," said Errol Samuelson, Zillow Chief Industry Development Officer.  "Brokers and agents with listings on Zillow are now able to reach Chinese home shoppers who are ready to invest in the U.S. market, with no additional cost or effort.  This is another example of how Zillow is continually providing new ways for real estate professionals to market and grow their businesses."

"We're thrilled to provide Leju visitors with Zillow's unparalleled real estate search experience," said Geoffrey Yinyu He, Leju's CEO. "Many of our more than 60 million users are interested in U.S. properties and now they will not only have access to information on U.S. homes that they can't find anywhere else, but they'll also have the ability to quickly connect with a local real estate expert who can help them through the home buying process."

Financial terms of Zillow's first international partnership were not disclosed.  In the United States, Zillow is the exclusive provider of for-sale and for-rent listings for Yahoo!® Homes, AOL® Real Estate and HGTV's FrontDoor®. 

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 70 million unique users during its peak month in 2014, the Zillow, Inc. portfolio includes Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, Zillow Rentals, Zillow Digs®, Postlets®, Diverse Solutions®, Agentfolio®, Mortech®, HotPads™ and StreetEasy®. The company is headquartered in Seattle.

Zillow.com, Zillow, Postlets, Mortech, Diverse Solutions, StreetEasy, Agentfolio and Digs are registered trademarks of Zillow, Inc. HotPads is a trademark of Zillow, Inc.

Yahoo! is a registered trademark of Yahoo! Inc. AOL is a registered trademark of AOL, Inc. HGTV and FrontDoor are registered trademarks of Scripps Networks, Inc.

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[i] Source: Chinese buyers accounted for 18% of the $68.2 billion that foreigners spent on homes during the 12 months ending March 31, 2013 - NAR 2013 Profile of International Home Buyers

[ii] Source: NAR 2013 Profile of International Home Buyers

SOURCE Zillow, Inc.