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Real estate giant Compass shuts down Modus, the Seattle-based title business it acquired in 2020

Real estate brokerage Compass is shutting down its Modus title business as part of cost-cutting moves the New York City… Read More

Seattle real estate startup Modus hit with cease-and-desist order by insurance commissioner

Update, June 25: The Washington state insurance commissioner issued a minimum $15,000 fine on June 9 to Modus for violating regulations… Read More

Real estate brokerage Compass to acquire Seattle-based home closing startup Modus

New York-based real estate brokerage and tech company Compass will acquire Modus, a Seattle startup that automates the title and… Read More

Seattle startup Modus raises $12.5M to be the ‘operating system’ for all real estate transactions

Pete Flint knows a thing or two about real estate. He helped launch Trulia and later sold the real estate… Read More

Tech Moves: Twilio names former Amazon and Google exec Chee Chew chief product officer; Washington state commerce director departs

Cloud communications firm Twilio snagged Amazon’s Chee Chew to be its chief product officer. Chew was VP of consumer engagement… Read More

Ex-Peach execs launch tech-powered escrow startup Modus to make home closing less ‘painful’

Alex Day had already been chatting about getting into real estate with his colleague, Jai Sim, at the lunch delivery… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Salesforce looking to fill its Seattle-area office with engineers and developers

Cloud services and customer relationship management giant Salesforce is headquartered in San Francisco, but it’s increasingly making the Seattle region… Read More

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