Apr 2, 2019, 5:00 AM Zillow Group launches Home Loans business, tweaks website as pivot to home sales continues Zillow Group today launched a Home Loans division, establishing another pillar of the company’s new identity of directly buying and… Read More
Mar 30, 2019, 7:00 AM How the Bay Area tech IPO boom could create a ‘ripple effect’ in Seattle’s housing market Ride-hailing company Lyft’s debut as a $24 billion public company on Friday kicked off an IPO frenzy that could echo… Read More
Mar 28, 2019, 9:59 AM Square doubles down on Seattle, leasing downtown office space with room for 100 people Square is putting down permanent roots in Seattle, scooping up a new downtown office space with room to grow as… Read More
Mar 21, 2019, 4:38 PM Huge funding rounds for Opendoor and Offerpad show how expensive Zillow’s bet on home sales could be Buying and selling hundreds or even thousands of homes at the same time gets pretty expensive — just ask Opendoor… Read More
Mar 21, 2019, 10:32 AM Google will open new Seattle campus this summer, just across the street from Amazon’s headquarters The Seattle neighborhood populated by thousands of Amazonians everyday will soon see a major influx of Googlers. Starting in the… Read More
Mar 19, 2019, 5:00 AM Seattle is second toughest housing market in the U.S. for first-time buyers, Zillow reports The days are warming up, but will Seattle’s housing market recapture its status as the nation’s hottest? For at least… Read More
Mar 18, 2019, 10:44 AM Zillow scores key win in long-running copyright battle with real estate photography company VHT A federal appeals court largely sided with Zillow in a decision late last week involving a long-running copyright battle with… Read More
Mar 14, 2019, 2:21 PM Hospitality startup Hello Alfred launches in Seattle, opens local office Hello Alfred is ready to do Seattle’s laundry. And groceries. And cleaning. The hospitality startup this week expanded its on-demand… Read More
Mar 6, 2019, 12:14 PM Amazon’s rapid expansion in Seattle suburb could ignite a ‘real estate frenzy’, Redfin predicts Bellevue, Wash., get ready to experience the Amazon effect. With the tech giant possibly cooling on Seattle and focusing its… Read More
Feb 27, 2019, 12:04 PM Is cooling of Seattle housing market already over? Redfin report shows spike in pending sales Two months after predicting that tech hubs like Seattle could be in for a big real estate cooldown in 2019,… Read More
Feb 27, 2019, 8:54 AM Amazon backs out of massive Seattle office tower as questions swirl about growth plans Updated with Amazon’s confirmation below. Amazon has placed a high-profile Seattle office project on the sublease market, signaling plans to scale… Read More
Feb 26, 2019, 6:00 AM Zillow as mortgage lender: Real estate giant going ‘further down the funnel’ of buying a house Thousands of would-be home buyers looking for a mortgage will soon have a new option: Zillow Group. The Seattle-based online… Read More
Feb 22, 2019, 9:16 AM Amazon’s future in Seattle uncertain as neighboring city looks more and more like HQ2 For years, Amazon has gobbled up office space in Seattle at a breakneck pace, creating a red-hot commercial real estate… Read More
Feb 12, 2019, 12:00 PM Appeals court sides with Zillow in lawsuit over Zestimate accuracy A federal appeals court sided with Zillow in a long-running lawsuit over the accuracy and marketing of the real estate… Read More
Feb 11, 2019, 1:09 PM Amazon’s birthplace for sale: Home where Jeff Bezos started company listed for nearly $1.5M Silicon Valley might have the HP Garage, but Seattle has the Amazon Mailbox. Amazon’s first home, a residential property at… Read More
Jan 30, 2019, 12:45 PM Facebook reveals size of its Seattle-area footprint, confirms mysterious Oculus ‘Building X’ Facebook has grown as fast as any company in the Seattle area in recent years, but it has done so… Read More
Jan 30, 2019, 5:00 AM Meet the ‘Zillow Prize’ winners who get $1M and bragging rights for beating the Zestimate If the winners of the Zillow Prize decide to spend their $1 million winnings on a new house, at least… Read More
Jan 28, 2019, 4:13 PM Facebook scoops up yet another Seattle-area office building, continuing blistering growth UPDATE: Facebook confirmed that it has leased 338,000 square feet in the Block 16 building. Original story below Facebook is starting… Read More
Jan 28, 2019, 12:59 PM Calendar Picks: Seattle Opera and GeekWire present panel on the ‘flawed brilliance’ of Steve Jobs Did you know Seattle Opera is getting ready to put on a show all about the late Apple co-founder Steve… Read More
Jan 17, 2019, 8:30 AM Pro.com lands Redfin as an investor and potential partner in $33M round as it aims to revolutionize general contracting Pro.com — the Seattle startup that aims to transform the general contractor industry — had a pretty good 2018, and… Read More
Jan 17, 2019, 7:00 AM Another Pioneer Square Labs spinout: Remarkably targets commercial real estate with marketing tech When Erina Malarkey looks at how commercial real estate stakeholders are spending money on marketing efforts, she’s in disbelief. “You… Read More
Jan 15, 2019, 10:49 AM With another new office lease for Amazon, this Seattle-area city is almost out of downtown space Amazon will take another high rise tower in Bellevue, Wash., according to a real estate brokerage report, and because of… Read More
Jan 14, 2019, 8:19 AM Redfin embarks on 1st international expansion, coming to Canada later this year Redfin is coming to Canada in the next few months, marking the first international expansion for the tech-powered real estate… Read More
Jan 10, 2019, 10:25 AM A better Zestimate? Zillow ready to award $1M prize to team that beat its home-valuation tool Almost two years and more than 3,800 teams later, Zillow has a winner in the $1 million competition to improve… Read More
Jan 9, 2019, 9:00 AM Seattle startup Lubn wins CES Innovation Award for smart key box LAS VEGAS — From a laundry-folding robot to Alexa-enabled mirrors, smart home technology is all the rage at the 2019… Read More
Jan 6, 2019, 8:07 AM Inside New Engen’s new digs: Seattle marketing startup doubles office space amidst rapid growth New Engen spent more than two years in the shadows honing its digital marketing platforms, before pulling back the curtain on… Read More
Dec 20, 2018, 12:00 PM Housing cooldown poses ‘1st serious test’ for new Redfin and Zillow direct home-buying programs Redfin and Zillow will face the “first serious test” of their new direct home sales operations in the midst of… Read More
Dec 18, 2018, 7:45 AM Indeed job search engine scoops up big new Seattle space, doubling presence with major office deal Indeed, the online job search engine, has leased a huge new office space in a flashy new tower under construction… Read More
Dec 7, 2018, 9:57 AM Planning documents give 1st look at Amazon’s Nashville ‘Operations Center of Excellence’ project Amazon’s plans for a “Operations Center of Excellence” in Nashville are starting to take shape. New plans submitted to Nashville’s… Read More
Nov 19, 2018, 12:43 PM T-Mobile unveils plans for $160M dramatic refresh of its headquarters campus T-Mobile today unveiled plans for a major renovation project that the company says will transform its Bellevue, Wash. headquarters and… Read More
