Nesting Instinct

Online real estate lending and real estate exchange LendingTree recently purchased iNest (www.iNest.com), an online new-home marketplace that features homes from 500 builders in 20 of the country’s top home building states. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. According to LendingTree, iNest will remain an independent brand, although over time, its offerings will be integrated into RealEstate.com, the real estate portal owned and operated by Lending Tree.