Big score for Bellevue: Concur to relocate HQ from Redmond Concur, one of Seattle’s largest technology companies, is leaving its longtime home of Redmond for downtown Bellevue. The maker of… Read More
ValueAppeal lands $1.2M to expand property tax appeals ValueAppeal, which allows home owners to easily submit a property tax appeal, has raised $1.2 million in an oversubscribed round… Read More
Honest Buildings offers inside look at 32,000 Seattle structures This could prove to be a handy resource for real estate nerds. Honest Buildings, a 3-month-old startup with operations in… Read More
Zillow’s mobile and Web traffic grows by 53 percent in May Zillow’s audience continues to grow at double-digit rates, but visitors to the online real estate company’s mobile and Web properties… Read More
Live like Craig McCaw: Telecom mogul selling posh private island for $75M Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw has long been one of the key figures in the Seattle region’s technology industry, from the… Read More
Zillow to offer real estate agents WordPress-powered Web sites for $10 per month Zillow continues to roll out services for real estate agents, taking the covers off a new offering today that basically… Read More
Tech Moves: Zones bolsters exec team; Bobber hooks gamification whiz; and more Zones has kept a pretty low profile in recent the years, but the seller of technology products to businesses has… Read More
Redfin slapped with patent suit over new Home Price Tool Seattle online real estate company Redfin is being sued by CoreLogic for patent infringement over its Home Price Tool, a… Read More
Bike Score arrives, analyzing the most bike-friendly cities You’ve heard of Walk Score, which assigns a ranking of 0 to 100 to homes and apartments based on how… Read More
Tech Moves: Bob Vila blogs for Zillow; Auto exec Bob Lutz joins Energ2; etc. Home improvement whiz Bob Vila, known for his appearances on the PBS show “This Old House,” has joined Zillow as… Read More
Green space and glass: Amazon’s vision for its new downtown Seattle campus Architects for Amazon.com have submitted new drawings that show, in much greater detail, the company’s plans for three new… Read More
Zillow to buy RentJuice for $40M in cash, posts record revenue and profits Zillow is using some of its new-found cash to gobble up San Francisco’s RentJuice, adding a new set of technologies… Read More
Market Leader trims loss, boosts revenue as battle with Zillow rages Seattle-based Zillow and Kirkland-based Market Leader are locked in a battle to provide the very best online tools to real… Read More
Why Zillow’s CEO wants to be the OpenTable of real estate On the surface, OpenTable may not seem to hold many similarities with Zillow. After all, one specializes in restaurants, and… Read More
Walk Score reveals transit system rankings of 25 cities Walk Score, which has made a name for itself ranking neighborhoods by how easy it is to walk to amenities… Read More
Northwest MLS releases its first mobile apps — but not for us Anyone who has purchased a home over the last couple years has probably experienced the phenomenon of knowing more than… Read More
Zillow to open new Orange County office, with room for 100 staffers Zillow is making a big bet on its operations in southern California, announcing today that it plans to open a… Read More
Zillow’s new Agent Hub looks to help agents gets organized As part of an ongoing plan to diversify its business beyond advertising, Zillow today is launching a new service called… Read More
Estately’s copyright notice knocks one of Canada’s largest real estate firms offline Earlier this week, we told you the story about Estately sending a cease-and-desist letter to one of Canada’s largest real… Read More
Zillow’s visitor count tops 32 million users in March Zillow continues to attract users to its Web site and mobile apps, but not quite at the same rapid pace… Read More
A mirror image? Canadian real estate brokerage accused of ripping off Estately Sutton WestCoast Realty, one of the largest real estate brokerages in Canada, has received a cease-and-desist letter asking that the… Read More
Zillow’s market value tops $1 billion as shares surge Zillow continues to impress Wall Street, with shares of the Seattle online real estate company igniting today as investors pushed… Read More
Architects describe Amazon’s proposed Seattle campus as an ‘urban room’ with ‘sun pockets’ Amazon.com’s ambitious plans to erect three massive 37-story office towers in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle isn’t about… Read More
Redfin on the radio: Online real estate firm experiments with ‘old media’ Redfin has built its online real estate service over the years largely through word-of-mouth referrals and a very active public… Read More
Redfin and Zillow look to give home shoppers an early foot in the door with price alerts Sometimes in the real estate business, if you snooze, you lose. Through a new service launched today called Instant Updates, Redfin… Read More
Walk Score shows renters how close they’ll live to coffee shops and car shares Seattle startup Walk Score is rolling out a new search function that allows would-be apartment dwellers to find the perfect… Read More
Redfin unveils Home Price Tool, an alternative to the Zestimate Everyone wants to know what their home is worth, one of the reasons that Zillow’s Zestimate has helped establish the… Read More
Market Leader lands $2.55M deal to help Century 21 agents manage sales leads and marketing Last month, I reported on how Market Leader and Zillow appear to be on a collision course in the online… Read More
Redfin rumbles in to Rocky’s hometown of Philadelphia Redfin is expanding its real estate brokerage service into the Philadelphia area, marking the 19th major market for the Seattle… Read More
Zillow traffic slows in February Zillow today released traffic numbers for February, reporting that unique visitors to its Web site and mobile applications reached 31.2… Read More
