SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jul 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
Trulia, a leading online marketplace for homebuyers, sellers,
renters and real estate professionals, today announced both Rent SF
Now and J.Wavro Associates, will syndicate their San Francisco rental
listings to Trulia. Consumers will now have access to a distinctive
group of new properties making it easier for Trulia users to find the
right place to live. And with dedicated mobile apps for rentals,
Trulia is making it easier to find an apartment in San Francisco.

“Trulia is focused on delivering more rental listings to our users by
working directly with partners in the industry,” said Divya Bhat, Sr.
Product Manager, Trulia Rentals. “We aim to take the hassle out of
browsing listings by providing tools and apps that cater to the short
and often competitive timeline of searching for a rental. With
features like real-time alerts for new listings, a mobile map view
and local amenity data, we provide renters with critical context as
they browse and tour rentals.”

“Prospective renters are searching online for listings while they are
out-and-about,” said James Wavro of J.Wavro Associates. “Once we saw
the popular iPhone and Android apps from Trulia we realized how
beneficial it would be for our business to tap into mobile rental
searchers through the Trulia platform.”

“The rental market moves quickly, particularly in a place like San
Francisco, and renters are increasingly searching for apartment
listings from their mobile phones,” said David Chesnosky of
RentSFNow. “Trulia’s iPhone and Android apps enable us to get in
front of renters while they’re searching on-the-go.”

Finding an apartment to rent can be challenging and in San Francisco
a variety of factors, including a strong job market and low
inventory, have been forcing prices up. The latest Trulia Rent
Monitor showed rents are up 14.7% year-over-year, during the month of
June.

In this environment, renters can benefit from tools Trulia provides
to help them find what they are looking for quickly and efficiently.
Trulia’s dedicated rentals apps for iPhone and Android are optimized
for the tight time frame renters operate on when searching for their
next place to call home. The app provides a rich interface allowing
prospective renters to browse by zip code or neighborhood for current
rentals, but also highlights new listings almost immediately, via
push notifications and color-coded markers which note newer
properties.

The Trulia Rentals App is available for free from the App Store on
iPhone and iPod touch, online and in the Play store from Android.

About Trulia, Inc.
Trulia gives home buyers, sellers, owners and
renters the inside scoop on properties, places and real estate
professionals. Trulia has unique info on the areas people want to
live that can’t be found anywhere else: users can learn about agents,
neighborhoods, schools, crime, commute times and even ask the local
community questions. Real estate professionals use Trulia to connect
with millions of transaction-ready buyers and sellers each month via
our hyper local advertising services, social recommendations and
top-rated mobile apps. Trulia is headquartered in downtown San
Francisco and is backed by Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital. Trulia
is a registered trademark of Trulia, Inc.

About RentSFNow
RentSFNow provides apartment rental placement for a
portfolio of distinctive properties located in and around San
Francisco, California. They strive to provide a high degree of
customer service and are committed to helping prospective tenants
find that perfect apartment to suit their needs.

Customer satisfaction and good relations with tenants are paramount
to their success as operators, and they work diligently to ensure
that their properties continue to be great communities for their
residents to call home. RentSFNow has direct access to close to 3000
different apartment types in various San Francisco neighborhoods in
order to find the right fit for their clients. For additional
information on any of their listings, please contact them at
info@rentsfnow.com or (415) 294-1228.

About J.Wavro Associates
J.Wavro Associates is a group of licensed
real estate professionals specializing in rental property leasing and
executive relocation in the San Francisco Bay Area. They specialize
in helping to lease rental properties, and have an extensive
corporate and private network that allows them to consistently
attract suitable tenants.

Their Bay Area executive relocation specialists offer rental
assistance to people looking to move to the Bay Area or locals
looking for a new home. The real estate professionals of J.Wavro
Associates can provide a wealth of knowledge on a particular
neighborhood or neighborhoods of interest to clients. They will also
identify specific properties that fit the client’s exact needs and
budget. As part of their executive relocation service, J.Wavro
Associates will arrange appointments, provide property tours and
assist in lease negotiations.

J.Wavro Associates employs more than 20 licensed real estate
professionals who specialize in rental property leasing and executive
relocation service in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their leasing
services help property owners enjoy the profit from their rental
investments without any of the hassle. Their relocation specialists
save renters time and money by quickly finding the right apartment to
fit their needs.

J.Wavro Associates serves the City of San Francisco and other Bay
Area locations including the Peninsula and Marin.

For more information about J.Wavro Associates, call them at (415)
923-6900 or visit them on the web at jwavro.com.

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        mflegal@trulia.com
        415-400-7307

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jul 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
For more than 15 years, Zephyr Real Estate has invested in the
future and education of San Francisco’s graduating seniors through
the Meritus College Fund. That tradition continues, and this year’s
recipient is Sintia Henriquez, a graduate from the June Jordan School
for Equity. Bill Drypolcher, founder and President of Zephyr,
presented the four-year scholarship at the Scholar Awards Ceremony on
May 30. The award is valued at $12,000, and Sintia plans to attend
the University of California at Los Angeles to pursue a degree in
sociology.

Meritus College Fund invests in socio-economically disadvantaged, yet
highly motivated, high school students by providing scholarships and
support in achieving their potential through higher education.
Meritus was founded in 1996 and has awarded in excess of $5 million
and innumerable hours of coaching and mentoring. Over 87 percent of
those scholars have graduated from college. The fund is supported
through donations from 800 groups and individuals who all endorse the
philosophy of creating educational opportunities for those who might
otherwise be left behind.

Zephyr managers and agents contribute to the fund each year to take
part in this worthwhile endeavor. Every dollar donated to Meritus is
completely committed to providing these scholarships. More
information about the fund and methods of support may be found at

http://www.meritusfund.org .

“My motivation to attend college is rooted in my struggles. I want to
show my family that their journey to the United States wasn’t in
vain; it was for greater opportunities that will bring me an
enriching education and experience in college,” Sintia commented. “I
know that attending college will support me and my dreams. I am
grateful for this opportunity.” Sintia is also a recipient of a
Maisin Scholars award.

Previous recipients include Samuel Cardenas, Trevor Chuan, Jorge
Pacheco, Pedro Perez, Julian Merino, Danelia Lopez, and Kevin Khai.
Their college destinations comprise California State University-East
Bay, University of California at Davis, San Francisco State,
University of California at Santa Cruz and Whittier College.

“This is one of the finest ways to give back to our community,”
commented Bill Drypolcher, who also serves on the Advisory Council
for Meritus. “We are involved with Meritus to help bridge this
educational gap and offer much-needed funding for deserving Bay Area
high school graduates to attend college and fulfill their dreams.”

About Zephyr Real Estate
Founded in 1978, Zephyr Real Estate is San
Francisco’s largest independent real estate firm with $1 billion in
gross sales in 2011 and a current roster of more than 200 full-time
agents. In 2010, Zephyr launched its new website, which has earned
three web design awards, including the prestigious WebAward for
Outstanding Website from the Web Marketing Association. Zephyr Real
Estate is a member of the international relocation network, Leading
Real Estate Companies of the World; the luxury real estate network,
Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate; and the local luxury marketing
association, the Luxury Marketing Council of San Francisco. Zephyr
has six strategically located offices in San Francisco, a business
center in Marin County, and serves a large customer base throughout
the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, visit

www.zephyrsf.com .

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        Zephyr Real Estate
        San Francisco, CA
        415.729.3555
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
Trulia, a leading site for home buyers, sellers, renters and real
estate professionals, today announced a strategic alliance with Bay
Area Real Estate Information Services, Inc. (BAREIS MLS(R)) to
directly syndicate the listings of its 8,000 members to Trulia,
providing consumers with the most accurate information on homes for
sale in five Northern San Francisco Bay Area counties including
Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma and Solano.

With the addition of BAREIS MLS(R), the majority of the MLSs in the
Bay Area are now working with Trulia. Trulia already receives direct
feeds from MLSListings, Bay East and Contra Costa MLS, meaning Bay
Area homebuyers can have an extremely high degree of confidence that
the data they see on Trulia is correct. As part of its alliance with
Trulia, BAREIS will also participate in the Trulia Direct Reference
program, under which Trulia notifies listing agents and brokers about
any discrepancies between the data provided by the MLS and
information from other syndicators.

Listings from BAREIS MLS(R) will now be seen by the more than 23
million* serious home-buyers and sellers coming to Trulia each month
to get the inside scoop on real estate they can’t find anywhere else.
BAREIS MLS(R) will syndicate all of its listings unless the listing
is not approved for the internet.

“Our membership is dedicated to providing the most accurate data on
the internet to buyers and sellers working with the real estate
professionals in our region,” said Jim Branscombe, President and CEO
of BAREIS MLS(R). “There is an explosion of data and a great deal of
that information is not accurate or kept up to date. Building
strategic alliances with major real estate portals like Trulia will
ensure the best data is available to the public and support the
efforts of our real estate professionals to list and sell property.
BAREIS MLS(R) has operated its own public site for 14 years, and this
relationship we are forging with Trulia is similar to the
relationships we have with other public internet sites we have worked
with in that we are providing all active listing data approved for
internet display.”

As part of the agreement, Trulia will abide by the guidelines
established by the Trulia Data Pledge for listing syndication that
launched in January 2012.

“By syndicating listings for its members, BAREIS MLS(R) will ensure
that it provides an extremely high level of data accuracy. This will
help its members connect with more buyers and sellers to close more
transactions,” said Mark Weiss, Trulia Director of Business
Development. “BAREIS MLS(R) understands that connecting Trulia’s
audience with the most up to date and accurate information provides
its real estate professionals with the best opportunity to close
deals.”

*Omniture, April 2012

About Trulia Inc.
Trulia gives home buyers, sellers, owners and
renters the inside scoop on properties, places and real estate
professionals. Trulia has unique info on the areas people want to
live that can’t be found anywhere else: users can learn about agents,
neighborhoods, schools, crime and even ask the local community
questions. Real estate professionals use Trulia to connect with
millions of transaction-ready buyers and sellers each month via our
hyper local advertising services, social recommendations and
top-rated mobile apps. Trulia is headquartered in downtown San
Francisco and is backed by Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital. Trulia
and the Trulia logo are registered trademarks of Trulia, Inc.

About Bay Area Real Estate Information Services, Inc. (BAREIS
MLS(R))
Bay Area Real Estate Information Services, Inc. is an
independent MLS created on October 22, 1997. The organizations that
founded BAREIS MLS(R) are the Marin Association of REALTORS(R), Napa
Association of REALTORS(R), Northern Solano Association of
REALTORS(R), Solano Association of REALTORS(R) and the Sonoma County
Multiple Listing Service. The Mendocino County MLS joined the effort
in 2001 and the Coastal Co-op MLS in 2005. BAREIS MLS(R) now serves
approximately 8,000 members in five key counties: Marin, Mendocino,
Napa, Solano, and Sonoma.

        Press Contact:
        Ken Shuman
        Email Contact
        415.517.7211

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IRVINE, CA, Apr 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
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added to its strong business banking and
real estate team with the hiring of commercial lending expert Chuck
Miller as a vice president handling real estate finance in Northern
California.

“The demand for our lending to small and midsized businesses
continues to grow,” said Gene Galloway, President and CEO of the
Irvine-based Plaza Bank. “Chuck has a long record of success in
Northern California and he’ll make our real estate lending team even
stronger.”

Mr. Miller had an extensive background working as a commercial broker
before he moved into commercial lending, with experience over the
last 15 years working for both large and community banks in Northern
California. In that time, he funded loans worth $296 million on
properties valued at nearly $400 million.

His focus will be centered in the San Francisco Bay Area helping
business owners who are becoming first-time purchasers of commercial
real estate, expanding their holdings, moving to larger facilities,
or who want to refinance their current properties.

“In the commercial real estate world, you have to be able to guide a
transaction from its inception through its conclusion,” Mr. Miller
says. “I know just how important it is to stay personally involved
and to provide every bit of follow through for every project from
beginning to closing.”

“Chuck has the experience and expertise,” Mr. Galloway said, “to work
with any commercial real estate project, no matter how complicated. A
lot of people are good at parts of a transaction, but Chuck has
proven his skill and diligence at every step.”

About Plaza Bank

Plaza Bank is full service community bank serving the business and
professional communities in California and Las Vegas, Nevada. The
bank is committed to meeting the financial needs of small to middle
market businesses and professional firms with loans for working
capital, equipment and owner-occupied commercial real estate
financing and a full array of cash management services. Our bankers
are experienced, professional and knowledgeable. For more
information, visit
www.plazabank.net or call Gene Galloway at (949)
502-4309.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this press release constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are subject to the safe
harbors created by that Act. Forward-looking statements can be
identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical
or current facts. They often include the words “believe,” “expect,”
“anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” or words of similar
meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,”
“should,” “could,” or “may.” Forward-looking statements are based on
currently available information, expectations, assumptions,
projections, and management’s judgment about the Bank, the banking
industry and general economic conditions. These forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance, nor should they
be relied upon as representing management’s views as of any
subsequent date. Future events are difficult to predict, and the
expectations described above are necessarily subject to risk and
uncertainty that may cause actual results to differ materially and
adversely.

Forward-looking statements involve significant risks and
uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those
presented, either expressed or implied, in this press release.
Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not
limited to: the Bank’s ability to successfully execute its business
plans and achieve its objectives; changes in general economic, real
estate and financial market conditions, either nationally or locally
in areas in which the Bank conducts its operations; changes in
interest rates; new litigation or changes in existing litigation;
future credit loss experience; increased competitive challenges and
expanding product and pricing pressures among financial institutions;
legislation or regulatory changes which adversely affect the Bank’s
operations or business; loss of key personnel; changes in accounting
policies or procedures as may be required by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or other regulatory agencies; and the ability to
satisfy requirements related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other
regulation on internal control.

        Media Contacts:
        Gene Galloway
        President and CEO
        Plaza Bank
        (702) 277-2221
        (949) 502-4309
        Email Contact

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        VP - Marketing
        (760) 889-4455
        Email Contact

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