LendingTree Receives Gold Star Site Award

         Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine Names Online Loan Marketplace
                         Best Site for Auto Financing

    CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 30 LendingTree, Inc., , the leading online loan marketplace and
loan exchange technology provider, today announced that Yahoo! Internet Life,
the world's leading consumer lifestyle magazine covering the Internet, has
presented the Company with the Gold Star Site Award, for excellence in
providing the "Best Auto Financing" for online consumers.
    The LendingTree site was chosen as the Gold Star Site after the site was
subjected to rigorous testing and analysis, as well as examined for past
performance before the site was named a great place to buy a car online.  The
awards will appear in the February 2001 issue of Yahoo! Internet Life, and
will be posted at http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/mag/0102/goldstar.html
January 23, 2001.
    "We are very pleased that LendingTree has been chosen for a Gold Star Site
Award," said Tom Reddin, chief operating officer of LendingTree.  "We are
excited that our leadership in the online lending industry has been recognized
by a publication that truly understands the necessity of choice, convenience
and value to Internet consumers."

    About LendingTree, Inc.
    LendingTree is the Internet-based loan marketplace for
consumers and lenders.  LendingTree collects consumer credit requests and
compares those requests and related credit information to the underwriting
criteria of the more than 100 participating lenders in the LendingTree
marketplace.  Qualified consumers may receive multiple offers in response to a
single loan request within hours and then compare, review, and accept the loan
offer that best suits their needs.  Lenders can generate new business that
meets their specific underwriting criteria at reduced acquisition costs.  The
LendingTree marketplace encompasses most consumer credit categories, including
mortgages, home equity loans, automobile loans, credit cards, and personal
loans and provides access to small business loans as well.  For more
information, or for a full listing of the more than 100 banks and lenders in
the LendingTree marketplace please go to http://www.lendingtree.com or call
704-541-5351.

    About Lend-X(SM)
    Lend-X(SM) is LendingTree's online loan exchange technology that enables
companies to quickly and easily embed a customized private label or co-branded
loan marketplace into their site in a variety of different business models.
Lend-X(SM) technology provides a fast, adaptable and reliable online lending
solution for lenders and non-lenders alike with valuable access to
LendingTree's online lending exchange of more than 100 banks and lenders.  In
conjunction with LendingTree's services, Lend-X can be used to provide access
to loans for consumers of lenders and non lenders alike.  Lend-X(SM) clients
include: Freddie Mac, S1 Corporation, priceline.com, EDS's Wendover, Home
Account, MSN Money Central, AutobyTel.com, Wachovia, PNC, Fleet Bank, Citizens
Bank, and Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union.

    About Yahoo! Internet Life
    Yahoo! Internet Life (http://www.yil.com ) is the world's largest consumer
lifestyle magazine covering the Internet.  With its mission to entertain,
engage, educate and empower Internet enthusiasts, the monthly Ziff Davis Media
publication serves the New American Consumer(TM). Reaching one in nine of all
daily Internet users in America and read monthly by over 5.3 million people,
Yahoo! Internet Life chronicles the culture, content and community of the
Internet.  In January 2001, the four year-old magazine surpassed a circulation
of 1.1 million copies per month, solidifying its place as one of the fastest-
growing magazines in the history of publishing.  Notable accolades include
recognition as one of Advertising Age's Best Magazines of 1998; a Circulation
Excellence Award from Circulation Management magazine; inclusion as one of
Folio magazine's Top 10 Launches for the 90s; as three consecutive Top 10
Hottest Magazine citations from Adweek; and an award from Capell's Circulation
Report as Top 10 Best Performer of 1999.
    This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995.  Forward-looking statements include statements regarding:
projected future revenues; optimism about the results of certain strategic and
consumer initiatives; product and technological implementations; and projected
expenditures and growth.  These statements are based on management's current
expectations or beliefs and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in
the forward-looking statements.  The Company's actual results might differ
materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements due
to risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business, which
include, but are not limited to: variations in consumer demand or acceptance;
the willingness of lending institutions to offer their products over the
Internet; further changes in the Company's relationships with existing
lenders, companies, and/or strategic partners; the Company's ability to
attract and integrate new lending companies and strategic partners;
implementation of competing Internet strategies by existing and potential
lending participants; implementation and acceptance of new product or service
offerings, consumer lending industry regulation; competition in all aspects of
the Company's business; fluctuations in operating results; or other unforeseen
factors.  The forward-looking statements should be considered in the context
of these and other risk factors disclosed in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.