New report: A market analysis for the first quarter of 2021 from the commercial real estate company Broderick Group expresses optimism that after a year of pandemic-induced working from home,… Read More
Porch Group, the Seattle-based home services software company, completed its $100 million acquisition of Homeowners of America Inc. on Tuesday morning, its biggest deal since going public at the end… Read More
Amazon has revealed its proposed design for a second office tower as part of its Bellevue 600 project, further solidifying the look and feel of the tech giant’s expanding presence… Read More
The Seattle region is the leading U.S. market for large tech office space leases, eclipsing the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time since 2013. According to a new… Read More
New funding: Pacaso raised $75 million in a Series B funding round and $1 billion in debt financing. The real estate startup, which launched in October, has already reached a $1… Read More
Instashowing, a startup with an online real estate tool designed to help agents easily schedule home showings, has raised $1.5 million in a funding round led by veterans of the… Read More
When we reached out to entrepreneur and angel investor Spencer Rascoff on Tuesday with notes about appearing on the GeekWire podcast — an appearance that was scheduled several weeks ago… Read More
The pandemic may have sent large portions of the Google workforce home. But the search giant is still expanding its physical footprint, announcing Thursday that it plans to invest $7… Read More
Former Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff is jumping back into the real estate game in a big way. Rascoff, who left the CEO post at the Seattle real estate juggernaut… Read More
Zillow Group plans to grow its employee base by 40% this year, adding more than 2,000 workers across the country as part of its new distributed workforce model. The hiring… Read More
Austin-based real estate startup Real Estate Exchange (REX) filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Seattle against Zillow Group, accusing Zillow of anticompetitive behavior related to how certain… Read More
Amazon is making room for some of the 25,000 employees it plans to add in Bellevue, Wash., announcing Tuesday that it has signed a lease to occupy a 600,000-square-foot office… Read More
Real estate brokerage Compass filed for an IPO on Monday. The 8-year-old company reported $3.7 billion in revenue last year, up 56% year-over-year, with a net loss of $270 million,… Read More
Zillow Group is now using its well-known Zestimate home value estimation tool to make cash offers on homes. It’s part of the company’s push to become a central hub for… Read More
Redfin beat analyst expectations for its fiscal fourth quarter, reporting revenue of $244.5 million, up 5% year-over-year, and earnings per share of $0.11. Wall Street expected revenue of $235 million… Read More
Three weeks after its stock market debut, Seattle-based home services technology company Porch Group announced four acquisitions, including an agreement to buy Irving, Texas-based insurance company Homeowners of America for… Read More
Serial entrepreneur Matt Ehrlichman was inspired to start Porch after encountering challenges during the construction of his family’s home. Eight years later, he just took the company public from the… Read More
Seattle-based real estate tech company Redfin is applauding action taken by the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday against the National Association of Realtors, in which the DOJ simultaneously filed… Read More
The U.S. housing market is making a comeback — and that’s good news for online real estate giants Zillow Group and Redfin. Both Seattle-based companies exceeded analyst expectations last week… Read More
Redfin beat analyst expectations for its fiscal third quarter, reporting revenue of $236.9 million and earnings per share of $0.32. Revenue was down 1% year-over-year due to a pandemic-driven shortfall… Read More
Will that bathroom remodel increase your home’s value by more than $20,000? What about replacing the floors or adding a garage? How about the bad traffic that’s getting worse around… Read More
Seattle-based real estate tech company Redfin is facing allegations of discriminatory pricing practices and “redlining” in a lawsuit filed by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and other fair housing… Read More
Two former top Zillow Group leaders are getting back in the real estate industry with new startup that aims to change the way Americans buy homes. Greg Schwartz and Carey… Read More
Zillow has cut about 80 positions from its Zillow Offers homebuying and selling operation, streamlining its management structure in some of the 25 markets where the service has launched, GeekWire… Read More
Another tech-fueled real estate startup has arrived on the scene in Seattle. Arrived Homes is a crowdfunding platform that allows anyone to purchase shares of rental properties and earn a… Read More
“HQ’s are finished.” That was the hot take this week from Chris Herd, founder and CEO of remote work setup startup Firstbase. After speaking with about 1,000 companies over the… Read More
New York-based real estate brokerage and tech company Compass will acquire Modus, a Seattle startup that automates the title and escrow phase of closing on a home. Compass plans to… Read More
Downtown Seattle and San Francisco have taken on the eerie quality of ghost towns as office buildings stand empty and wildfire smoke casts an orange glow over the once-bustling urban… Read More
A new ad from Zillow is a sign of shifting sands in the housing market. Called “Ready for a Change,” the ad features a composite street with single-family homes, an… Read More
Zillow’s recent Urban Suburban Market Report opens by asking: Are people fleeing the cities for greener suburban pastures? The short answer is no, the report says: “Some faint signals may… Read More