Apr 28, 2013, 2:50 PM An open letter to Jeff Bezos: Help spark the creative class Congratulations on your success, Jeff Bezos! You’ve become one of the most important innovators in the world. You’ve matched your… Read More
Apr 22, 2013, 9:08 PM Take a look inside Earth’s ‘greenest building’ It is being called the “greenest building” on the planet. And it’s located right here in Seattle. Welcome to the… Read More
Apr 22, 2013, 2:30 PM Fast-growing Zillow is expanding again at its Seattle HQ, taking over 2 more floors Zillow continues to grow at a rapid clip, gobbling up more office space at its downtown Seattle headquarters in the… Read More
Apr 18, 2013, 3:28 PM Amazon continues to expand office footprint in Seattle Amazon.com continues to gobble up office space in its hometown, expanding with a new 10-year lease for about 140,000 square… Read More
Apr 11, 2013, 9:23 AM Walk Score tool measures neighborhood access for restaurants, schools, coffee How many coffee shops are within a 20-minute walking distance radius in downtown Seattle? What about grocery stores? Restaurants? Walk… Read More
Apr 10, 2013, 12:11 PM Zillow remodels iOS app, says 89 homes viewed per second on mobile devices No wonder that Zillow is investing resources in mobile. The Seattle online real estate company says that 55 percent of… Read More
Apr 4, 2013, 1:44 PM Zillow tops 50 million visitors in March, lifted by strong U.S. homebuying The U.S. real estate market is heating up, and Zillow is taking advantage of it. The Seattle online real estate… Read More
Mar 29, 2013, 10:38 AM Wow, some analysts think Zillow could zoom to $70 Earlier this week, Zillow chairman Rich Barton declared how the Seattle online real estate company is leading a revolution. Wall… Read More
Mar 27, 2013, 2:04 PM Estately expands real estate search service in six states Seattle online real estate startup Estately is expanding service to six states, marking a 10 percent increase in properties on… Read More
Mar 27, 2013, 10:34 AM Zillow’s Rich Barton: ‘We are a team that dreams of leading the revolution’ Zillow has been on fire as of late. Its stock is up 100 percent so far this year, with Wall… Read More
Mar 26, 2013, 2:26 PM Top 10 cities for gamers: How the heck did Atlanta beat out Seattle for No. 1? Top-10 lists are fun, whether it’s the world’s best entrepreneurial hubs or tips for surviving at a startup. But many… Read More
Mar 20, 2013, 4:10 PM Realty Mogul raises cash to bring crowdfunding to commercial real estate Realty Mogul, a recent graduate of MIcrosoft’s Windows Azure Accelerator, has raised $500,00 in seed funding from Gust CEO David S. Rose,… Read More
Mar 18, 2013, 9:08 AM New era: Big office project to give Microsoft new neighbors There was a time when Microsoft was the inevitable occupant of virtually any available piece of commercial real estate in… Read More
Mar 15, 2013, 7:24 AM Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff responds to Redfin question: ‘We sell ads, not houses’ Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff appeared this week on Bloomberg TV, declaring that the housing market is “back” and noting that… Read More
Mar 13, 2013, 10:27 AM Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on what he learned about business from a ‘sex-crazed short-order cook’ We’ve not heard much lately from Glenn Kelman, the ever-quotable CEO of Seattle online real estate company Redfin. But now… Read More
Mar 13, 2013, 8:22 AM OK, we still don’t really get why Zillow was removed from the Nasdaq Internet Index (and Trulia was added) I was perplexed earlier this week when NASDAQ OMX Group announced plans to remove Zillow from the NASDAQ Internet Index — noting that the… Read More
Mar 12, 2013, 10:54 PM Predicting commute times from the homestead: INRIX inks deal with Windermere Home shoppers weigh all sorts of criteria when thinking about buying a home: How are the schools? What about crime?… Read More
Mar 11, 2013, 6:29 PM No longer an Internet company? NASDAQ to bump Zillow from Internet Index (and add Trulia) Now, this just seems odd. The NASDAQ OMX Group announced today that it plans to remove Zillow as one of the… Read More
Mar 11, 2013, 10:06 AM Zillow shares top $50 as Trulia looks to add to war chest for acquisitions Zillow has been one step ahead Trulia since the early days — beating its longtime rival to market with an… Read More
Mar 8, 2013, 9:59 AM The resilience of the real estate agent: An inside look at Redfin, Trulia and Zillow One of the cool things about covering the tech industry in Seattle is being on the front lines of the… Read More
Feb 28, 2013, 11:30 AM Redfin sets up new title and escrow subsidiary, continuing quest to upend real estate Redfin has certainly made it clear that it wants to transform the real estate business — initially focusing on the… Read More
Feb 27, 2013, 12:33 PM How far is the Sheraton from the Space Needle? Walk Score unveils hotel finder Walk Score is best known for their rankings of residences, assigning a score on a scale of 1 to 100… Read More
Feb 19, 2013, 1:36 PM Appature expands with new offices in Seattle Fast-growing Appature, the six-year-old Seattle startup led by Kabir Shahani, has moved to more spacious offices in Seattle. The new… Read More
Feb 15, 2013, 2:18 PM Zulily nearing deal to secure big lease at RealNetworks HQ Fast-growing daily deal service Zulily has signed a letter-of-intent to occupy a large portion of the Seattle Trade & Technology… Read More
Feb 15, 2013, 1:00 PM Hi-tech keg: Zillow engineers build tablet-controlled, web-enabled Kegerator for office Every few months, the engineers over at Zillow put on a Hack Week where teams spend seven days working on… Read More
Feb 15, 2013, 8:24 AM Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff, Trulia’s Pete Flint named most ‘powerful’ young CEOs Well, here’s yet another interesting way that the Zillow-Trulia rivalry is playing out — beyond their courtroom battles. Both CEOs… Read More
Feb 13, 2013, 3:46 PM Zillow plans big ad push, aims to create a ‘massive, enduring brand’ Around these parts, Zillow is a pretty well known entity. But get out of the Seattle tech echo chamber and… Read More
Feb 13, 2013, 1:13 PM Zillow revenue grows 73% as it squeaks out a small profit Zillow, the Seattle online real estate company, today posted a 73 percent increase in fourth quarter revenue as the number… Read More
Feb 11, 2013, 10:22 AM As business matures, Zillow rolls out TV ads nationwide Zillow is taking its TV ad campaign nationwide as it looks to gain momentum heading into the critical Spring home… Read More
Feb 8, 2013, 9:38 AM Pioneer Square Tech Map: Where are tech companies hanging their shingles? We’ve been writing a lot of about the tech renaissance going on in Pioneer Square, one of Seattle’s most historic… Read More
