Realtors vs. robots: Redfin CTO says artificial intelligence shouldn’t replace real estate agents Artificial intelligence is set to disrupt industries of all sorts, and threaten a lot of jobs, but don’t expect your… Read More
Redfin expanding its 1 percent listing fee for home sellers to 18 new markets Redfin is expanding its incentive aimed at getting sellers to list their homes with the Seattle-based real estate company’s agents,… Read More
Seattle retains title of hottest housing market in the country with Portland right behind Seattle home values continue to skyrocket, rising at a rate of more than double the national average in July. According… Read More
Amazon hiring 2,000 people in New York City, opening big new Manhattan office for AWS, Amazon Fashion and more Amazon is gearing up for a big expansion in the Big Apple. The company will open a new 360,000-square-foot office… Read More
Juno Therapeutics’ giant new Seattle HQ is designed to destroy cancer When you walk into Juno Therapeutics‘ new headquarters in Seattle, your eyes are immediately drawn to the view. The office’s… Read More
Photos: Inside Juno Therapeutics’ new custom-built headquarters and cancer research labs Finding any kind of real estate in Seattle is pretty hard — and for a large, public biotech company like Juno… Read More
Loftium will help you buy a house if you agree to Airbnb a bedroom and split the profits Laura Coe never expected to buy a house before she was 30. The 29-year-old Microsoft finance manager has been renting… Read More
Paul Allen’s Vulcan backs ex-Amazon manager’s modular housing startup Blokable in $4.8M round Investors are taking note of Blokable, a Seattle startup founded by a former Amazon manager that aims to cut costs for builders… Read More
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says state is talking with Amazon about ‘HQ2’ implications Amazon will no doubt get offers from all over the nation for its second headquarters project, but Washington officials are… Read More
Even as Amazon seeks a second HQ, rumors point to four big new Seattle office leases for tech giant Amazon may be ready to plant its flag in another city for a second headquarters, but that doesn’t mean it’s… 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
From Philly to Tulsa, job-hungry cities line up to convince Amazon they’re the best spot for 2nd HQ Amazon’s shocking announcement that it is looking to build a $5 billion second North American headquarters campus is only a… 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
WeWork growing in Seattle again with plans to open another location near Amazon campus Co-working giant WeWork is opening another Seattle location just blocks from Amazon’s brand new headquarters campus in the Denny Triangle… Read More
Trulia launches Facebook-like news feed for home listings and real estate tips Trulia, the real estate brand that’s part of Seattle-based Zillow Group, is rolling out a news feed in its app that… 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
Homebuying startup Open Listings expands to Seattle with backing from Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian When Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian started looking for a new place about two years ago, he didn’t opt for a… Read More
Redfin predicts this Seattle neighborhood will be the hottest in the nation to close 2017 Seattle’s housing market is hot as ever, and tech-powered real estate brokerage Redfin predicts it will stay that way, particularly… 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
Sales tech startup Outreach lands new Seattle HQ in former Tableau space with room to grow Seattle sales software startup Outreach has a new home. Employees at the 200-person company began moving into a new headquarters… 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 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
Tech-powered general contractor Pro.com raises $10M for U.S. expansion, led by former Digg CEO and Amazon manager When former Digg CEO and Amazon manager Matt Williams founded his latest startup Pro.com four years ago, he focused on what he… 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
Amazon brings the boom to Bellevue: Here are the teams expanding into the tech giant’s big new office Amazon is staffing up its big new Bellevue, Wash. office building, which looks ready for the coming deluge of badge-wearing,… Read More
Big growth? Indeed. Job search company doubles Seattle headcount, leases new office space Job search giant Indeed.com is again expanding in Seattle. The Austin-based company said its Seattle headcount has increased from about… Read More
Zillow data: Seattle has 3rd largest homeless population in U.S., as rising rents take a toll Rents are at all-time highs in tech hubs like Seattle, and new data from Zillow show how rent hikes in… Read More
Amazon poised to lease iconic new Seattle office tower, dramatically expanding footprint again Amazon is close to locking down one of the most high-profile office projects in the Seattle region, indicating that it… Read More
