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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1

                                LENDINGTREE, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Douglas R. Lebda and Keith B. Hall, and
each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration
statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of
attorney may be executed in counterparts.

         Executed the 21st day of September, 2001.

NAME                                        TITLE

/s/ Douglas R. Lebda                Chief Executive Officer and Director
-----------------------------       (principal executive officer)
Douglas R. Lebda


/s/ Keith B. Hall                   Senior Vice President,
-----------------------------       Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Keith B. Hall                       (principal financial officer)


/s/ Matthew A. Packey               Vice President and Controller
-----------------------------       (principal accounting officer)
Matthew A. Packey


/s/ Richard Field                   Director
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Richard Field


/s/ Robert Kennedy                  Director
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Robert Kennedy


/s/ Daniel C. Lieber                Director
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Daniel C. Lieber


/s/ Michael DeVico                  Director
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Michael DeVico

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/s/ W. James Tozer, Jr.             Director
-----------------------------
W. James Tozer, Jr.


/s/ Robert A. Spass                 Director
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Robert A. Spass