Trulia.com, a residential real estate search engine that helps consumers find homes for sale that meet specific criteria and make smarter real estate decisions, has secured a $10 million Series C round of funding led by Sequoia Capital. The round also includes previous venture investors Accel Partners and Fayez Sarofim & Co. The investment will fund Trulia’s general operations and enable the company to expand its team of real estate and search technology experts, deepen marketing and sales efforts and develop new products and services aimed at helping consumers make smarter decisions about buying and selling homes.

“Trulia has become the fastest-growing Internet real estate site, with double-digit month-over-month growth and approximately 1.5 million unique monthly visitors. We’re really excited to build on our progress to date and our potential as a media and technology company in the real estate industry to empower consumers and real estate professionals,” said Pete Flint, co-founder and CEO of Trulia.

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