Zillow sues Trulia for patent infringement, escalating bitter real estate rivalry

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We’ve commented in the past on how San Francisco-based Trulia appears to follow in the wake of its larger Seattle-based rival, Zillow. For the most part, Zillow has turned the other cheek, outflanking its competitor in areas such as mobile, mortgages and also becoming the first to complete an initial public offering. But now, as… Read More…

Zillow adds to war chest, raises $147 million in public offering

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Wowsa. Zillow just added a ton of cash to its balance sheet, pricing 3.425 million shares at $43 per share, bringing in a cool $147 million for the online real estate company. We reported on the company’s filing for the secondary offering yesterday, but it just priced. In addition to the 3.425 million shares offered… Read More…

Following in Zillow’s path, Trulia unveils mortgage center

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Trulia is following in the path of its larger rival, Zillow, once again. This time, it’s launching a mortgage marketplace that allows consumers to get personalized mortgage quotes and other loan information while on the go. Sound familiar? It should since Zillow launched its very own mortgage marketplace more than three years ago, expanding it to… Read More…

As Trulia preps IPO, Zillow files to sell more stock in offering

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Zillow is looking to fill its coffers with even more cash, a move that comes just 14 months after the Seattle online real estate conducted an initial public offering that raised more than $75 million. This time Zillow is selling 3.175 million shares of Class A common stock, with certain existing shareholders (including co-founders Rich… Read More…

Nipping at Zillow’s heels, Trulia files for $75M IPO

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San Francisco online real estate company Trulia is looking to follow in the footsteps of Zillow yet again, filing to raise up to $75 million in an initial public offering. The filing was actually confidentially submitted to the SEC on May 31st, and just made public today.  Trulia has long been rumored to want to… Read More…

Zillow rival Trulia quietly files for IPO

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Trulia has often followed in the footsteps of its larger Seattle rival, Zillow. Now, the San Francisco real estate company is hoping to ride on the coattails of Zillow’s recent IPO success. Trulia has reportedly filed for an initial public offering through a new mechanism in the JOBS Act that allows companies with less than $1… Read More…

Tech Moves: Zones bolsters exec team; Bobber hooks gamification whiz; and more

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Zones has kept a pretty low profile in recent the years, but the seller of technology products to businesses has been on an impressive growth path topping $1 billion in revenue last year. Now, Zones is strengthening its executive team in order to push things forward. Mark Nehring, formerly a sales VP at HP, has… Read More…

Zillow to open new Orange County office, with room for 100 staffers

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Zillow is making a big bet on its operations in southern California, announcing today that it plans to open a new office in Irvine with room for 100 employees. The announcement follows last year’s acquisition of Diverse Solutions, which is based in Irvine. Diverse Solutions’ 19 employees will move to the new facility, which is… Read More…

Q&A: Findwell’s Kevin Lisota on how tech is changing homebuying, and how it isn’t

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Our guest on a recent episode of the GeekWire radio show and podcast was Seattle tech veteran Kevin Lisota, the CEO of real estate startup Findwell. We talked about how technology has been changing the process of buying and selling homes (and how it hasn’t), and explored the recent dustup over real estate listing services such as… Read More…

Tech Moves: Trulia taps former PayPal and Amazon exec as CFO as IPO looms

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Here’s more evidence that Trulia might be following in the footsteps of Zillow on its way to an IPO. The San Francisco online real estate company has hired Sean Aggarwal, a former PayPal executive as CFO. It also tapped Scott Darling, a former vice president at Imperva, as general counsel. Companies oftentimes hire new chief… Read More…