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
Zillow Group introduced a new policy on Wednesday allowing about 90% of its employees the option of working from home, at least some of the time, indefinitely. It significantly extends… Read More
It should’ve been a banner year for Flyhomes. As 2019 drew to a close, the real estate startup had $141 million in fresh funding to fuel the expansion of its… Read More
Seattle-based real restate company Redfin is resuming its RedfinNow home-buying business in four additional markets, the company announced Friday, continuing to power back up a business that was paused because… Read More
In mid-March, as awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the country, Zillow Group CEO Rich Barton faced a tough business decision: Turn off the company’s prized new revenue engine,… Read More
The Seattle real estate tech companies that have spent the past several years reporting on how attractive and hot tech hubs like Seattle, Silicon Valley and elsewhere are have shifted… Read More
One of Redfin’s co-founders is suing the high-tech real estate brokerage for patent infringement and intellectual property theft, alleging that the violations handicapped his current startup. Surefield founder David Eraker… Read More
The rush to crowd into cities to be closer to tech jobs could be a thing of the past in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as more people embrace… Read More
Bill and Melinda Gates are the reported buyers of a pricey piece of oceanfront real estate near San Diego, Calif., The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The $43 million… Read More
Zillow Group announced Monday that it will temporarily pause home buying through its Zillow Offers business in response to stay-at-home directives from various locales related to the coronavirus crisis and… Read More
More people may be turning to virtual experiences when it comes to buying and selling homes during the coronavirus outbreak, and on Thursday, Seattle-based real estate company Redfin hosted a… Read More
Seattle-based real estate company Redfin announced Wednesday that RedfinNow, an arm of its business that buys homes directly from homeowners and resells them to homebuyers, will temporarily pause making offers on… Read More
It’s the beginning of prime house-hunting season in Seattle, but a cloud of uncertainty sits over the market due to the spread of coronavirus across the region. On Wednesday, Glenn… Read More
The cities of Las Vegas, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte and Atlanta all have one thing in common — they were the most popular markets for the so-called iBuyers like Zillow, Redfin,… Read More
Compass, the heavily funded real estate startup, has opened another office in the Seattle area, continuing an arc of rapid growth in the region that began nearly two years ago.… Read More
Jeff Bezos is the reported buyer of more prime real estate. This time, the Amazon CEO has dropped a record $165 million on a storied estate in Beverly Hills, Calif.,… Read More
Shares of Redfin were up more than 5 percent in after-hours trading after the real estate company posted its fourth quarter earnings report. Revenue grew 88 percent year-over-year to $233… Read More
It seemed like a scam. When Hannah Exner and Sam Joselyn spotted an ad for a craftsman home in Seattle’s desirable Westlake neighborhood, the $1,000 per month rent rate was shocking.… Read More
Amazon said it plans to expand its headcount to more than 15,000 people in Bellevue, Wash., the growing city 10 miles east of Seattle where the tech giant was originally… Read More
Google is expanding yet again in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, Wash., just a few months after purchasing a huge new office complex there. Google inked leases at two additional… Read More
Seattle real estate tech startup MoxiWorks is teaming up with leading iBuyer Opendoor in a new partnership to help agents get cash offers for their clients’ homes. Opendoor, like Seattle’s… Read More
Atari — yes, that Atari — is getting into the hotel business. The video game pioneer is putting its name on eight new hotels across the U.S., including one in… Read More
Another day, another real estate tech startup comes to Seattle. This time it’s Curbio, which bills itself as the “only turnkey pre-sale renovation technology company on the market.” The startup… Read More
Another real estate startup is coming to Seattle, aiming to disrupt the expensive and stressful process of buying a home. ZeroDown, a Y Combinator graduate, has expanded to Seattle and… Read More
WeWork’s rapid expansion in recent years has slowed to a crawl, according to a new report, amid the fallout of the co-working giant’s failed IPO. WeWork signed only four new… Read More
Microsoft has set its sights on a huge new office in its hometown of Redmond, Wash., according to a new report, in a sign that the tech giant’s appetite for… Read More
Airbnb is growing yet again in Seattle. The company inked a lease for 58,300 square feet in the 8th + Olive building in downtown Seattle where it opened an office… Read More
Amazon opened its first office in Bellevue, Wash., a little more than two years ago. A dizzying expansion followed, multiplying the tech giant’s presence in Bellevue and changing the face… Read More
Big real estate companies are paying top dollar to get their hands on brand new office buildings in Seattle leased to tech titans. The latest example in that trend came… Read More
After building its foundation in Washington state, Blokable is scaling in California. The Seattle startup that takes a novel approach to home building announced Tuesday it has opened a corporate… Read More