The inaugural season of the IT Sports League has wrapped up with a team from Simply Measured taking the softball championship. League organizer Steve Mayeda said it took some effort to… Read More
In a deal that was widely anticipated, Zillow Group today announced plans to sell off its Market Leader business unit. The purchase price of $23 million from acquirer Constellation Software’s… Read More
Real estate agents need tools that can keep them in touch with their clients, especially in today’s mobile-driven market. That’s why San Francisco-based real estate company Trulia has created a service… Read More
Trulia will be laying off approximately 85 employees from its Bellevue office in a move to consolidate its operations, following its $355 million acquisition of Market Leader last year. The… Read More
Trulia this afternoon reported that its revenue in the fourth quarter of 2013 reached $49.7 million, up almost 142 percent year-over-year from $20.6 million in 2012. In addition, the company reported… Read More
In one of the biggest commercial real estate deals this year in Bellevue, Kirkland-based Market Leader plans to move into 70,000 square-feet of space in the Atrium Place building in December.… Read More
Shareholders of Market Leader today overwhelmingly approved Trulia’s $355 million acquisition of the company. The deal, which was first announced in May, is designed to supercharge Trulia’s business as it looks… Read More
Last week, we heard about the financial results of Trulia. On Tuesday afternoon, we’ll get a better sense of how Zillow performs. Today, we’re getting a good look at Kirkland-based… Read More
Zillow is spending tens of millions of dollars on a big-budget advertising campaign this year, part of a plan by the Seattle company to establish itself as the dominant brand… Read More
Super computers. Online travel. And marketing tools for real estate agents. Those were the hot segments in the Seattle tech sector in 2012 as Cray, Expedia and Market Leader each… Read More
Seattle-based Zillow and Kirkland-based Market Leader are locked in a battle to provide the very best online tools to real estate professionals, something we’ve written about in detail over the… Read More
On the surface, OpenTable may not seem to hold many similarities with Zillow. After all, one specializes in restaurants, and other in real estate. But Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff sees similarities… Read More
Zillow continues to impress Wall Street, with shares of the Seattle online real estate company igniting today as investors pushed the stock up more than four percent. That boost means Zillow —… Read More
Last month, I reported on how Market Leader and Zillow appear to be on a collision course in the online real estate market as both roll out new services for… Read More
Earlier this month, Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff told investors on a quarterly conference call that the Seattle online real estate company planned to make big investments in new tools to… Read More
Historically, Zillow has derived the bulk of its revenue from online advertising, charging real estate agents to gain access to the company’s growing ranks of home buyers and sellers. And… Read More
It was a tough year for most of the publicly-traded tech companies in Washington state, with just a handful posting positive overall stock performance. Even tech titans like Amazon.com, Microsoft… Read More
A quick rundown of stories catching our attention this morning … Jason Goldberg’s Fab.com, the New York-based daily deal site led by the former Jobster CEO, is reportedly raising a $40… Read More
Last week, Zillow reported record revenue and strong profits. But Zillow isn’t the only publicly-traded online real estate company operating in these parts. Today, Market Leader posted its own third… Read More
Kirkland-based Market Leader today announced the purchase of Realestate.com for $8.25 million. The asset purchase from Lending Tree includes patents, technology, trademarks and more than 400 domain names. No employees… Read More
Marchex, the Seattle call advertising company, reported net income of $80,000 and revenues of $38.8 million for the second quarter. That compared to a net loss of $3.2 million and… Read More
Market Leader today announced the purchase of SharperAgent, a Denver company that helps real estate agents roll out print and email marketing campaigns. SharperAgent, and its staff of 25, plans… Read More
The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating story on Amazon.com’s ongoing sales tax battle, including the uncovering of a document showing states that employees of the online retailer are advised… Read More
