FHFA to Answer Consumer HARP Questions Today

Live Google+ Hangout Scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 3 at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT; Will Be Live-Streamed on www.zillow.com/education/HARP

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Oct 03, 2013, 01:08 ET

SEATTLE, Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today will answer questions from U.S. underwater borrowers in a live-streamed event entitled Zillow Presents: HARP Refinancing 101. Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z), the leading real estate information marketplace, will host the event.

WHO: Meg Burns, senior associate director for the office of housing and regulatory policy for the FHFA. Event moderated by Erin Lantz, Zillow® director of mortgages.

WHAT: Burns will discuss the ins and outs of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), who qualifies and how to apply. She will take questions directly from homeowners, live.

WHEN: Today, Thursday, Oct. 3 at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT. The event will last approximately 30 minutes.

WHERE: www.zillow.com/education/HARP

The event will feature personal, but common questions from four underwater borrowers as well as questions received via Twitter using the hashtag #HARPrefi and through Zillow's exclusive Facebook app.

About Zillow, Inc.

Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) operates the leading real estate and home-related 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 life cycle 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 nearly 64 million monthly unique users in August 2013, 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, Diverse Solutions, Mortech and StreetEasy are registered trademarks of Zillow, Inc. Agentfolio, HotPads and Digs are trademarks of Zillow, Inc.

About the Federal Housing Finance Agency

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is responsible for providing regulation and supervision of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Bank System, who together participate in the secondary mortgage market by financing over $5 trillion in mortgage credit. In addition, FHFA has acted as conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since September 2008.

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