Articles about Real Estate

Want a house in a neighborhood that matches your politics? Flyhomes releases tool sharing voting info

Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes has released a feature called NeighborVote that lets house hunters add politics to their search… Read More

Inside the ‘Stranger Things’ house that a Seattle real estate startup bought and turned into an Airbnb

Want to spend a few nights in Hawkins, Ind., circa 1983? You can get there via the Atlanta area, 2024.… Read More

Seattle office market continues to struggle as vacancy rates rise for ninth consecutive quarter

A new Q1 report from Kidder Mathews shows regional vacancy rates in the Seattle area rising to 15.1%, up from… Read More

Office-to-residential conversion is a trendy idea for downtown resurgence — but has big challenges

Office-to-residential conversions are frequent fodder in discussions of the post-pandemic city, downtown regeneration, and hopes to contain rising housing costs.… Read More

Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes conducts more layoffs amid ‘worsening industry headwinds’

Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes has conducted another round of layoffs as the company faces what it calls “persistent and… Read More

Zillow Group acquiring Follow Up Boss for up to $500M in quest for ‘housing super app’

[This story originally appeared on Real Estate News.] Zillow Group is adding to its arsenal of agent tools with the acquisition… Read More

Jeff Bezos buys $79M mansion in Florida’s exclusive ‘Billionaire Bunker’

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is expanding his real estate portfolio with the purchase of a $79 million mansion in South… Read More

How Zillow Group is thinking about AI and the future of real estate

More and more companies are using AI and machine learning to boost their businesses. Zillow Group is no exception. “We… Read More

Zillow Group tops expectations but feels ongoing headwinds from tough housing market

Zillow Group revenue rose slightly to $506 million in the second quarter, well ahead of its prior guidance of $451… Read More

Amazon officially opens first phase of HQ2 in Virginia with room for 14k employees

Free bananas and dogs at the office — Amazon is officially open for business at its HQ2 in Arlington, Va.… Read More

What Redfin and Zillow earnings say about the state of the housing market

Last week’s earnings announcements from Redfin and Zillow Group suggest a prolonged slowdown in housing market activity. Revenue from Redfin’s… Read More

How SVB’s collapse could impact housing markets, according to a Zillow economist

Silicon Valley Bank’s swift downward spiral could ease mortgage rates and push property prices downward in tech-heavy metros including San… Read More

Zillow, Redfin, and the real estate market: 5 trends to watch in 2023

The once high-flying real estate market sputtered in 2022, dragging many real estate tech companies down with it. The sudden… Read More

Is the tech industry impacting Seattle’s cooling real estate market?

Seattle’s booming tech economy has altered the regional real estate market over the last decade, with home prices moving steadily… Read More

Microsoft delays timeframe for 9 office buildings in massive HQ redevelopment

Microsoft is pushing back the timeframe for nine of the 17 buildings in the redevelopment of its original Redmond headquarters… Read More

How technology is helping remove racist language in Washington state property deeds

If you live in a home built before the 1950s, there’s a chance that lurking in its property records is… Read More

Zillow Group beats Q3 expectations but cautions that real estate outlook remains ‘challenged’

Zillow Group beat its third quarter earnings expectations amid a slowdown in the overall housing market and rising interest rates… Read More

Real estate report points to Blue Origin’s rapid expansion near HQ in Seattle area

The workforce at Blue Origin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space venture, has been growing by leaps and bounds — and… Read More

Redfin CEO, DoorDash co-founder invest in new startup building portal for Mexico real estate

Seattle startup Far Homes aims to simplify transacting real estate in foreign markets. The company says it looks to take… Read More

Amazon will pause Bellevue towers to study impact of hybrid work on its offices, still plans 25k jobs

Citing ongoing uncertainty about the impact of hybrid work on its office designs, Amazon says it will pause construction on… Read More

No going back: Anticipated return to office ‘has failed to materialize’ in Seattle, report says

Offices in Seattle will remain partly empty until 2024. At least, that’s what commercial real estate company Broderick Group predicts… Read More

Rental property investment startup Arrived Homes raises $25M to fund further expansion

Arrived Homes, the Seattle startup that helps people invest in single-family rental properties, has raised $25 million in new funding… Read More

As Sounders FC plant flag at Longacres, real estate developer sees big opportunity to attract tech companies to historic site south of Seattle

RENTON, Wash. — Longacres, the storied property that once boasted a famous horse racing track and the former headquarters of… Read More

Real estate startup Showdigs raises $7.4M as it looks to grow team and expand across U.S.

Showdigs, a Seattle real estate technology startup, has raised $7.4 million in new funding. Founded in 2018, the company makes… Read More

Will hybrid and remote work tank Seattle’s once red-hot office market? Not so fast, studies say

Fewer people working in the office, less need for office space? That seems like a logical conclusion to draw. But… Read More

The risk-taking mentality of Zillow’s Rich Barton: ‘It takes just as much energy to swing for the fences as it does to bunt’

Editor’s note: This is a column written by GeekWire co-founder John Cook. “Why bunt?” That was the rhetorical question Zillow… Read More

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