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Amazon, Zulily and Google help drive down vacancy rates in hot Seattle office market

The Seattle metro area’s office market continues to heat up, with rents increasing and vacancies dropping, according to a new… Read More

Trulia posts $40.3M in 3Q revenue, reports 56K subscribers following Market Leader acquisition

Shares of Trulia, the San Francisco-based online real estate company that competes directly with Zillow, are up nearly 4 percent… Read More

Trulia’s new Market Leader unit is moving to Bellevue, doubling office space with 70,000 SF lease

In one of the biggest commercial real estate deals this year in Bellevue, Kirkland-based Market Leader plans to move into… Read More

Amazon’s giant biodomes win blessing of city design board

Amazon won approval from Seattle’s Design Review Board for a massive, three-part biodome on its planned campus north of downtown… Read More

The billionaire buffer: How Mark Zuckerberg is following Bill Gates’ lead in real estate

Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are both Harvard dropouts who climbed to the top of the technology world. And it… Read More

Trulia’s new heat maps show how expensive it is to live in San Francisco

When looking for a home far away from home, it can be hard to know where to go to find… Read More

Seattle startups scramble for office space as TechDwellers gives them the boot: Tech incubator to close doors

GeoRiot founder Jesse Lakes was excited to secure his company’s first office space earlier this year, picking the TechDwellers incubator in… Read More

Home improvement startup Porch.com is raising a huge financing round, lines up big-time backers

Last week on the GeekWire podcast, Porch CEO Matt Ehrlichman explained how he wants to build a very big company… Read More

Zillow stock slips after analyst slams company’s future again

Zillow’s share price slipped a bit Friday after Citron Resarch published its second report in two years calling out the… Read More

Zillow’s shiny new iOS apps include ‘magazine-style’ listings

Just in time for Apple’s iOS 7 launch today, Zillow is re-launching its iOS apps with new features and a… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Glenn Fleishman on new iPhones, The Magazine and more

Joining us this week on the GeekWire radio show: Glenn Fleishman, the longtime Seattle-based technology journalist, veteran Apple watcher, and… Read More

Zillow wants to help you find the right school for your kids

One of the things Zillow’s 63 million monthly users are clamoring for is the ability to better evaluate the schools… Read More

Chart: Zillow tops 63 million visitors in August

Zillow’s stock has been soaring lately. And so is the company’s traffic. The online real estate powerhouse announced today that… Read More

Sneak peek: Google breaks ground on new Seattle-area engineering center

Google this morning broke ground on a new building that will double the size of the company’s existing engineering center… Read More

Australian billionaire buys 9.4% of Zillow, shares top $100

Wow, shares of Zillow, on a rocket ship ride since the beginning of the year, are soaring again today after… Read More

Mad Money host Jim Cramer flip flops again on Zillow, shames short sellers who don’t get the growth story

Wow, it’s a bit tough to really figure out what CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer feels about Zillow. You… Read More

Zillow to open Nebraska office, stock soars near $100

Zillow this week announced the opening of a new office in Lincoln, Nebraska and closed its acquisition of StreetEasy, two… Read More

Trulia completes $355M Market Leader deal, but what’s next in ongoing battle with Zillow?

The heated rivalry between online real estate powerhouses Trulia and Zillow is taking on added importance this week as both… Read More

Big money: Here’s how much Zillow’s top brass made in the latest stock sale

Zillow filled its coffers yesterday afternoon when the company announced a stock offering of 2.5 million shares at $82 per… Read More

Zillow prices public offering at $82, raises $205 million

Zillow has a lot more cash in its bank account as of this afternoon. The Seattle online real estate company… Read More

Zillow paying $50M to buy New York’s StreetEasy, files to raise more cash

Zillow is taking a big bite out of the Big Apple. The Seattle online real estate company today announced that… Read More

Market Leader shareholders green light Trulia’s $355 million acquisition

Shareholders of Market Leader today overwhelmingly approved Trulia’s $355 million acquisition of the company. The deal, which was first announced in… Read More

Congrats, Zillow, you’ve finally made it: Lampooned in The Onion

OK, maybe this is the sign of finally getting to a new type of status in the tech industry. Zillow… Read More

Worried about wildfires or floods? Trulia heat maps help find safest places to live

If you’re looking to buy a home, you don’t want that investment taken away from you by a natural disaster.… Read More

Following in Zillow’s footsteps, Homes.com unveils national ad campaign

Zillow is spending tens of millions of dollars this year on a national ad campaign, part of a plan by… Read More

Bill Gates on Google’s Internet balloons; Contour hits the wall; and other comments of the week

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “The Internet is transforming almost every element of the… Read More

Windermere partners with Inrix to provide drive-time recommendations for homebuyers

When looking for a new home, one of the key questions is: “how long will it take me to get… Read More

Redfin suspends Price Whisperer service in Seattle after one week, apologizes for violating MLS rules

Redfin has bumped into those pesky rules and regulations again. The Seattle online real estate brokerage, which is known for… Read More

National Association of Realtors slams Obama housing chat as eyeball-grabbing PR stunt, dubs Zillow an ‘entertainment website’

Earlier today, we told you about President Barack Obama’s chat with Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff, a discussion which was anchored… Read More

President Obama talks housing with Spencer Rascoff, calls Zillow a ‘wonderful service’

President Barack Obama is sitting down with Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff this morning, talking about the housing market in the… Read More