Zillow launches ‘3D Home’ feature in Phoenix to give buyers more immersive property tour Come on in. Look around! Home shoppers in Phoenix have that option in a technically savvy new way as Seattle-based… Read More
Zillow sued over how it displays Zestimate home valuation tool in some partner listings A group in New Jersey sued Zillow Group this week, alleging that letting some partners move the Zestimate valuation tool… Read More
Working Geek: Zillow VP Rebekah Bastian uses aerial acrobatics to help balance kids and career with social-issue focus In her first 12 years at Zillow Group, Rebekah Bastian juggled career and a variety of volunteering and mentoring roles.… Read More
Santa’s Zillow Zestimate jumps 6.5 percent, and Redfin helps in the hunt for North Pole 2 Two Seattle real estate tech companies are showing a lot of interest in one very famous homeowner with property in… Read More
Tech Moves: Spin bike-share service hires Seattle transportation official; F5 CMO stepping down; and more Kyle Rowe is very into bikes. He spent the past four years in the Seattle Department of Transportation working on… Read More
Take it to the house: Two Seahawks play real estate pros for Zillow, taunt 49ers fans on home tour Two of the biggest defensive stars for the Seattle Seahawks take it to the house, as they say in touchdown… Read More
Zillow Group on track for first $1B year, reporting record $281.8M in revenue and all-time traffic high of 187M unique visitors Zillow Group reported record revenue and profits in the third quarter as the real estate company remains on track for… Read More
Expedia and Zillow co-founder Rich Barton on building great teams: Have a purpose, no scumbags Rich Barton knows a thing or two about building a company. He spun travel giant Expedia out of Microsoft and… Read More
New study shows how Amazon’s growth has impacted Seattle rents Cities across the continent are competing for Amazon’s second corporate headquarters and the 50,000 high-paying jobs that will come with… Read More
Seattle’s housing market is growing twice as fast as San Francisco’s — signaling a tech exodus Seattle’s housing market is seeing the fastest appreciation in home values in the country, according to the latest data from… Read More
Zillow takes on housing worries with $5M pledge to The Home Project, its first social impact program Zillow Group is leveraging its position as a leading real estate technology company to try to do something about the… Read More
Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff shares his keys to success and advice on bouncing back As the co-founder of Hotwire and CEO of Zillow Group, with stints at companies like TPG Capital and Expedia, Spencer… Read More
Oracle expanding in Seattle with big new office lease, escalating cloud battle with Amazon Post updated with comments from Oracle Oracle is significantly boosting its presence in Amazon’s backyard with a new lease in… Read More
TheBoardlist founder: ‘Silicon Valley is built for people given opportunity they’re not qualified for’ Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is calling BS on tech industry leaders who avoid hiring female candidates because they don’t want to… Read More
GeekWire Summit Live: theBoardlist Founder Sukhinder Singh Cassidy and Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff This session isn’t just a talk — it’s also live recording of Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff’s Office Hours podcast. Rascoff will… Read More
Zillow creates new ‘3D Home’ feature with special photo app to bring 360-degree tours to listings With house hunters increasingly looking for the easiest and fastest way to tour a home they might be interested in… Read More
GeekWire Summit: Stripe president, Zillow Group CEO and theBoardlist founder added to agenda The GeekWire Summit is less than a month away, and we continue to add awesome speakers to what’s turning out… Read More
Zillow Group acquires New Home Feed in quest to dominate new construction marketing Zillow Group — the Seattle company that owns and operates Zillow, Trulia, StreetEasy, and other real estate brands — is… Read More
Tech Moves: Impinj hires Zillow VP to lead IT, LendingRobot CEO exits, and Starbucks names COO For the past six years, Paul Stephen has held leadership roles in Zillow Group’s corporate technology department so the rest… Read More
Seattle among top U.S. cities for sellers to get greatest return on investment — $185K in 2016 The problem for homeowners who decide to sell in a hot real estate market like Seattle, is that it turns… Read More
Zillow shifts Zestimate home valuation tool to the cloud, claims better accuracy than ever As thousands of scientists work to improve Zillow’s Zestimate, the company said today its home valuation tool is more accurate… Read More
Judge dismisses Illinois class action suit against Zillow over Zestimate home valuation tool A U.S. District Court judge in Illinois dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against Zillow Group on Wednesday in which… Read More
Seattle adding $1 million neighborhoods at a blistering rate, putting city among top U.S. markets The Seattle area’s soaring home prices are putting the city and its surrounding neighborhoods in exclusive company when it comes… Read More
Zillow seeks settlement after federal probe into anti-kickback law violations Zillow Group’s legal team is meeting with federal regulators over the next few weeks, seeking a settlement in the wake… Read More
Amazon shreds stock values with a whiff of competition: 5 industries feeling the heat from the tech giant When Amazon so much as twitches in a new direction, Wall Street takes notice. If you’re an investor or executive… Read More
Zillow expanding ‘Instant Offers’ beyond first two test markets and launching in Phoenix Zillow’s test of its new initiative for home sellers called Instant Offers is expanding beyond its initial two markets and… Read More
Zillow CEO: Redfin ‘a threat to organized real estate’ Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff isn’t worried about the threat of newly-public Redfin — but he thinks the rest of… Read More
Zillow Group shares dip despite beating expectations with record Q2 revenue of $267M Zillow Group reported a record $266.9 million in revenue for the second quarter of this year, a 28 percent increase… Read More
Rich Barton-backed Nextdoor jumps into real estate, but CEO Nirav Tolia says it’s not a Zillow competitor Zillow sits at the top of the mountain in online real estate, with a market value of $8.8 billion. But… Read More
Trulia co-founder calls Redfin IPO ‘more important moment’ for real estate than Zillow or Trulia public offerings Redfin is doing well in the public markets since its debut last week, with the tech-powered real state brokerage trading… Read More
