Real Estate

Facebook eyeing expansion in downtown Seattle

Facebook appears to have already outgrown its office space in Seattle. The social networking powerhouse, which just two years ago… Read More

Real estate group slams Zillow over ‘Coming Soon’ feature; Company says it’s simply shining light on homes

Not everyone is thrilled with Zillow’s new “Coming Soon” feature, an offering that launched earlier this month that allows real… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: How technology is transforming real estate

Writer and number-cruncher Tim Ellis joined us this week on the GeekWire radio show to talk about two of his… Read More

Zillow’s value passes major real estate firm, stock continues meteoric rise

Zillow is now worth more than Realogy, the parent company of Century 21, Coldwell Banker and Sotheby’s International Realty. Zillow… Read More

Shares of Move Inc. jump on speculation of Trulia buyout

Trulia Inc. is still digesting Market Leader following last year’s $355 million acquisition of the Bellevue online real estate company.… Read More

Holy, Toledo! Zillow is now worth more than $5 billion

Investors like what they see in Zillow, and they keep sending the shares higher. The Seattle online real estate company… Read More

Zillow to help home sellers get a jump on marketing with new ‘Coming Soon’ listings

Zillow is expanding its services for real estate professionals today with a new offering that allows agents to list properties… Read More

Ever-expanding Amazon takes another half-million square feet in four Seattle buildings

Amazon is growing so fast in Seattle, it’s hard to keep up. The tech giant is preparing to move into more… Read More

Full Memo: Trulia lays off 85 employees from Market Leader division, President Ian Morris and other execs to depart

Trulia will be laying off approximately 85 employees from its Bellevue office in a move to consolidate its operations, following… Read More

Real estate firm dumps Trulia and Zillow in Arkansas, cites higher ad prices and inaccurate data

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services, a real estate brokerage with more than 3,000 agents in 112 offices in the southern U.S.,… Read More

A ‘houzzing’ bubble? Home remodeling site Houzz raising $150M at $2.3B valuation

Houzz may be on the cusp of a big remodeling project of its own. The Palo Alto, Calif-based startup, which provides… Read More

Tech Moves: Redfin names chief economist; Ex-Apple vet named CEO of X2Biosystems

—Redfin is following in the footsteps of Zillow and Trulia, appointing the Seattle online real estate company’s first-ever chief economist.… Read More

Zillow slaps down Flipt, issues cease-and-desist letter alleging improper use of data

Seattle-based Flipt emerged on the scene earlier this month, touting a new service that allowed home buyers and investors to… Read More

Realtor.com takes on Zillow with new app for Windows Phone; Redfin unveils redesigned iPhone app

Realtor.com announced today that it has a new app for people with Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 devices. The… Read More

Amazon’s Bezos: Suburban HQ ‘would have been the wrong decision’

Amazon was founded in the suburbs, but the company is now unusual among tech companies for making its home in the… Read More

Here comes yet another marketplace to connect home owners with service providers: HouseCall raises $1.5 million

Home owners should have little trouble these days finding plumbers, house painters and other service providers to work on their… Read More

Zillow stock hits all-time high as prime homebuying season kicks off

Zillow’s stock price hit an all-time high of $110.78 a share today, as people get ready to look for a… Read More

Redfin plans massive expansion, pushing real estate service into as many as 46 new markets

Redfin is going national — in a big way. The Seattle online brokerage is looking to hire real estate professionals… Read More

Is online real estate still broken? New upstarts look to carve paths against established giants

Online real estate powerhouses like Redfin, Trulia and Zillow have been around for years, building multi-million dollar businesses in a… Read More

Trulia’s app now tells house hunters when a nearby home just went on the market

Trulia today updated its apps for iOS and Android to add a new feature which offers users notifications when they… Read More

Ad wars: Realtor.com tries to pull users from Zillow and Trulia with new ‘Accuracy Matters’ campaign

What do a pair of hipster doghouse architects and an eerily coordinated family have in common? Both groups are fictional,… Read More

Study: Seattle is becoming less affordable for the middle class, still way cheaper than San Francisco

Trulia released the latest revision of its annual middle class housing study today, and it’s clear that Seattle is still a far… Read More

Ex-Digg CEO raises $3.5M from Jeff Bezos, Andreessen Horowitz and others for Pro.com, giving you price estimates for home projects

There’s a new online home improvement startup in town, and this one comes with an experienced tech executive at the… Read More