May 2, 2012, 1:05 PM Zillow to buy RentJuice for $40M in cash, posts record revenue and profits Zillow is using some of its new-found cash to gobble up San Francisco’s RentJuice, adding a new set of technologies… Read More
May 1, 2012, 1:28 PM Market Leader trims loss, boosts revenue as battle with Zillow rages Seattle-based Zillow and Kirkland-based Market Leader are locked in a battle to provide the very best online tools to real… Read More
Apr 27, 2012, 6:35 AM Why Zillow’s CEO wants to be the OpenTable of real estate On the surface, OpenTable may not seem to hold many similarities with Zillow. After all, one specializes in restaurants, and… Read More
Apr 26, 2012, 5:23 AM Walk Score reveals transit system rankings of 25 cities Walk Score, which has made a name for itself ranking neighborhoods by how easy it is to walk to amenities… Read More
Apr 25, 2012, 8:21 AM Northwest MLS releases its first mobile apps — but not for us Anyone who has purchased a home over the last couple years has probably experienced the phenomenon of knowing more than… Read More
Apr 16, 2012, 1:47 PM Zillow to open new Orange County office, with room for 100 staffers Zillow is making a big bet on its operations in southern California, announcing today that it plans to open a… Read More
Apr 13, 2012, 5:00 AM Zillow’s new Agent Hub looks to help agents gets organized As part of an ongoing plan to diversify its business beyond advertising, Zillow today is launching a new service called… Read More
Apr 6, 2012, 10:46 AM Estately’s copyright notice knocks one of Canada’s largest real estate firms offline Earlier this week, we told you the story about Estately sending a cease-and-desist letter to one of Canada’s largest real… Read More
Apr 4, 2012, 3:54 PM Zillow’s visitor count tops 32 million users in March Zillow continues to attract users to its Web site and mobile apps, but not quite at the same rapid pace… Read More
Apr 4, 2012, 10:05 AM A mirror image? Canadian real estate brokerage accused of ripping off Estately Sutton WestCoast Realty, one of the largest real estate brokerages in Canada, has received a cease-and-desist letter asking that the… Read More
Apr 2, 2012, 2:51 PM Zillow’s market value tops $1 billion as shares surge Zillow continues to impress Wall Street, with shares of the Seattle online real estate company igniting today as investors pushed… Read More
Mar 27, 2012, 10:50 PM Architects describe Amazon’s proposed Seattle campus as an ‘urban room’ with ‘sun pockets’ Amazon.com’s ambitious plans to erect three massive 37-story office towers in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle isn’t about… Read More
Mar 26, 2012, 5:23 PM Redfin on the radio: Online real estate firm experiments with ‘old media’ Redfin has built its online real estate service over the years largely through word-of-mouth referrals and a very active public… Read More
Mar 22, 2012, 10:05 AM Redfin and Zillow look to give home shoppers an early foot in the door with price alerts Sometimes in the real estate business, if you snooze, you lose. Through a new service launched today called Instant Updates, Redfin… Read More
Mar 19, 2012, 9:43 AM Walk Score shows renters how close they’ll live to coffee shops and car shares Seattle startup Walk Score is rolling out a new search function that allows would-be apartment dwellers to find the perfect… Read More
Mar 15, 2012, 9:00 AM Redfin unveils Home Price Tool, an alternative to the Zestimate Everyone wants to know what their home is worth, one of the reasons that Zillow’s Zestimate has helped establish the… Read More
Mar 13, 2012, 8:51 AM Market Leader lands $2.55M deal to help Century 21 agents manage sales leads and marketing Last month, I reported on how Market Leader and Zillow appear to be on a collision course in the online… Read More
Mar 8, 2012, 4:15 PM Redfin rumbles in to Rocky’s hometown of Philadelphia Redfin is expanding its real estate brokerage service into the Philadelphia area, marking the 19th major market for the Seattle… Read More
Mar 5, 2012, 10:39 AM Zillow traffic slows in February Zillow today released traffic numbers for February, reporting that unique visitors to its Web site and mobile applications reached 31.2… Read More
Mar 1, 2012, 3:22 PM Inside Amazon’s plans for a massive new urban campus Draft design documents filed this week with the city of Seattle provide the first public glimpse of Amazon.com’s plans for… Read More
Feb 29, 2012, 2:33 PM Market Leader and Zillow are on a collision course in real estate Earlier this month, Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff told investors on a quarterly conference call that the Seattle online real estate… Read More
Feb 28, 2012, 5:38 PM F5 Networks continues to grow, gobbles up more space along Seattle’s waterfront They may soon have to call it the F5 corridor. F5 Networks is expanding its presence along Elliott Avenue West… Read More
Feb 22, 2012, 1:52 PM Shares of Zillow tumble after co-founders unload stock Zillow had been experiencing a pretty nice run-up in its stock over the past few months, but the stock tumbled… Read More
Feb 21, 2012, 5:26 PM Redfin hires former REI marketing vet Tom Vogl: A ‘piranha with a heart’ Redfin spent more than a year trying to find the right person to lead the company’s marketing department. And the… Read More
Feb 17, 2012, 2:47 PM Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman: Rebate cuts do not signal imminent IPO filing Redfin announced a plan today to cut rebates to home buyers substantially, a move that made me wonder if the… Read More
Feb 17, 2012, 9:07 AM Here comes Redfin 3.0 … and more price increases Redfin today announced a “massive upgrade” of its real estate service, one which CEO Glenn Kelman notes in a blog… Read More
Feb 15, 2012, 4:30 PM Next up at Zillow: Tools to help real estate agents manage leads, contacts and much more Historically, Zillow has derived the bulk of its revenue from online advertising, charging real estate agents to gain access to… Read More
Feb 15, 2012, 4:04 PM Q&A: Findwell’s Kevin Lisota on how tech is changing homebuying, and how it isn’t Our guest on a recent episode of the GeekWire radio show and podcast was Seattle tech veteran Kevin Lisota, the CEO… Read More
Feb 15, 2012, 1:17 PM Shares of Zillow jump as revenue more than doubles Shares of Zillow rose nearly three percent Wednesday after the Seattle online real estate company posted strong financial results for the… Read More
Feb 15, 2012, 8:23 AM Report: Amazon considering huge land purchase in Seattle Amazon.com just last year moved into a new headquarters in Seattle’s fast-growing South Lake Union neighborhood. But even that new… Read More
