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
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
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
Zillow Surfing just got an upgrade. Zillow Group on Wednesday rolled out a new feature for its virtual tour experience that uses machine learning to pull together various media content… Read More
— Zillow’s VP of Partner Success Racquel Russell joined the board of micro-mobility company Bird, known for its scooter sharing platform. “As a city dweller with a strong public policy… Read More
Zillow Group didn’t have a Super Bowl ad, yet it may have come away from the weekend with the biggest marketing bump thanks to Saturday Night Live. The Seattle real… Read More
2020 was a big year for big tech on Wall Street. Despite parts of the economy shuttering due to COVID-19, many stocks soared. The technology sector led the way, with… Read More
Looking for a way to celebrate the holiday season with employees while also injecting some much-needed support into the Seattle restaurant scene, Tableau Software placed the to-go order of the year… Read More
Seattle philanthropists Sarah and Rich Barton have signed the Giving Pledge, joining more than 200 billionaires and ultra-wealthy people around the globe who’ve pledged to give away their massive fortunes.… Read More
Heavily-funded real estate brokerage Compass hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to lead an initial public offering next year, according to a report in Bloomberg News citing a person with… 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
The U.S. housing boom is helping boost business at Zillow Group, which beat Wall Street expectations for its third fiscal quarter. The Seattle real estate giant reported $656.6 million in… 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
Former Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff and dotloop founder Austin Allison are teaming up on a new startup called Pacaso that aims to make it easier for more people to own… Read More
— Peter Marquez has joined Amazon Web Services as the first head of space policy. “There are many exciting things happening in the space community and this is going to… Read More
Opendoor, the Zillow Group rival that lets people directly buy and sell homes online, is going public. The San Francisco-based company is the latest to use a special purpose acquisition… Read More
Seattle-area tech companies are joining a national movement to increase the diversity on U.S. corporate boards of directors by adding Black members. Companies including Accolade, Amperity, Heritage Environmental Services, RealSelf… 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
Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. Who would have thought that Microsoft could be the likely white knight to save social video app TikTok from… Read More
People are spending way more time at home during the pandemic. And that’s good news for Zillow Group. The online real estate giant on Thursday posted better than expected financial… Read More
Zillow Group flew by analyst expectations for its second quarter revenue as the Seattle real estate giant voiced confidence in the housing market and posted record traffic numbers amid the… Read More
It’s 8:20 a.m. at the corner of Second Avenue and Union Street in downtown Seattle. The buzz of the city is noticeably absent. A few construction workers stand idly by,… 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
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