no . of locations 4 ; san francisco ca new york ny denver co and bellevue wa area served united states of america founder s pete flint sami inkinen president paul levine industry real estate revenue us 144 million fy 2013 employees 900 parent zillow group website trulia.com alexa rank 465 october 2014 users 57 million monthly unique visitors july 2014 launched september 23rd 2005 trulia is an online residential real estate site for home buyers sellers renters and real estate professionals in the united states . it lists properties for sale and rent as well as tools and information needed to be successful in the home search process . the company is headquartered in downtown san francisco 1 and has offices in new york city and denver colorado . 2 on july 28 2014 zillow announced a deal to buy trulia for 3.5 billion . 3 contents 1 company history 1.1 inception 1.2 growth 1.3 acquisition 2 products 2.1 consumers 3 references 4 external links company history edit inception edit trulia s founders pete flint and sami inkinen met at stanford graduate school of business . in 2004 while looking for off campus housing while studying for his mba flint was surpised to discover that the community information available online was often insufficient out of date or both . 4 flint and inkinen took this opportunity to simplify the process of finding a new home through technology . 5 growth edit in september 2005 trulia launched its beta product originally only serving properties in california . soon after with growing demand from listing agents wanting to give their listings more visibility nationwide trulia rolled out across the united states less than a year later . 6 in a 2012 review trulia reported 22 million monthly unique visitors . 7 in july 2012 trulia filed for an initial public offering and stated they would trade on the new york stock exchange under the symbol trla . 7 in august 2012 trulia revealed they would plan to raise up to 75 million in the ipo . 8 the ipo was priced at 17 per share and began trading on september 20 2012 at an opening price of 22.10 . 9 in may 2013 trulia announced plans to acquire kirkland wa based market leader inc. for 355 million expanding its offerings for real estate agents . 10 the acquisition officially closed on august 20 2013 . 11 acquisition edit on july 28 2014 zillow announced a deal to buy trulia for 3.5 billion . 3 as of november 2014 trulia s offices occupy one third of 535 mission street in san francisco . 12 products edit trulia offers a variety of real estate transaction related products and services for consumers and realtors . these are delivered via their website and mobile apps . consumers edit trulia provides price trend information by using listing and public data which shows how the price of a home has changed over a period of time as well as comparing that house price with other homes in the same zip code and the same city . 13 the company s crime maps use geodata from their partners including crimereports.com everyblock.com and spotcrime.com to create a curated map of criminal activity in many u.s. metropolitan areas . users can view crimes in specific areas and neighborhoods and directly compare the crime statistics of two different regions . they are also able to add comments and advice to the geodata . 14 15 16 information on local schools and amenities is provided for each property listed on the company s website . this includes each school s name and contact details grades taught the school s greatschools rating and whether that school is public or private as well as users ratings on the area s safety pet friendliness walkability and other criteria . 17 trulia are also available . 18 interactive commuter and transit maps show the driving or commute times from any given point in the united states . 19 using data from openstreetmaps and gtfs feeds a visual representation of commute times is projected onto a geographical map . 20 this provides the ability to see at a glance how far one can travel from any given property in a given amount of time . references edit news room trulia.com press releases . san francisco . 2011 01 06 . retrieved 2011 11 27 . oreskovic alexei 19 january 2011 . exclusive trulia real estate website to open denver office . reuters . retrieved 2011 11 27 . a b zillow to buy trulia for 3.5 billion in all stock deal . the new york times . 28 july 2014 . carey pete 12 october 2012 . mercury news interview trulia ceo peter flint . mercury news . retrieved 14 november 2012 . meet the boss sami inkinen coo trulia . sfgate . 2010 08 29 . retrieved 13 november 2012 . marshall matt . a new housing site . oh and dogster may be profitable . silicon beat . retrieved 13 november 2012 . a b united states securities and exchange commission . august 17 2012 . form s 1 registration statement http sec.gov archives edgar data 1349454 000119312512359749 d352334ds1.htm wauters robin . august 17 2012 . online real estate firm trulia files s 1 plans to raise 75 million in ipo . http thenextweb.com insider 2012 08 17 online real estate firm trulia files s 1 plans raise 75 million ipo tsukayama hayley . september 20 2012 . trulia ipo pops on debut keeps climbing . http www.washingtonpost.com business technology trulia ipo pops on debut keeps climbing 2012 09 20 e2f56d14 032d 11e2 91e7 2962c74e7738 story.html bloomberg businessweek http www.bloomberg.com news 2013 05 08 trulia to acquire market leader for 355 million.html http info.trulia.com market leader acquisition officially closes king john november 14 2014 . s.f. s newest office tower shows poise in a time of flash . san francisco chronicle . mary umberger 2008 06 20 . testing some of the top home search sites . los angeles times . retrieved 13 november 2012 . smith hopkins jamie 2011 06 20 . trulia launches crimemaps . the baltimore sun . retrieved 13 november 2012 . myers nick 14 june 2011 . new map helps renters owners spot crime . ut san diego . retrieved 13 november 2012 . kuang cliff . infographic of the day where do crimes happen in your neighborhood . fast company . retrieved 13 november 2012 . yarger steven . find the best schools for your kids from your ipad . trulia corporate blog . retrieved 13 november 2012 . map & nearby . trulia . retrieved 14 november 2012 . hutchings emma . heat map visualizes your daily commute . mashable . retrieved 14 november 2012 . wilson mark . trulia s new maps show your commute time from your new house . fast company . retrieved 14 november 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trulia & oldid 743700296 categories online real estate databasesonline real estate companiescompanies based in san franciscocompanies established in 2006companies listed on the new york stock exchangecrime mappinguniversal windows platform apps navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view 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