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Redfin vs. Estately: Which tech company is most innovative in the real estate biz?

Seattle, grab your popcorn and get ready for a real estate rumble. Inman News, an industry publication for real estate… Read More

Taking a step closer to IPO, Redfin hires former Zappos exec as CFO

Redfin is bolstering its executive team, hinting that the Seattle real estate company may be getting more serious about an… Read More

Meet Zubii, a new platform that helps you find the perfect real estate agent

When you’re looking to find a real estate agent to either buy or sell a property, there are lots of… Read More

Advice from Glenn Kelman: Entrepreneurs need to be tough, but must also show lots of love

Glenn Kelman is a smart guy. He graduated summa cum laude from Berkeley, helped found Plumtree Software back in the 90s and… Read More

Commencement speech showdown: Advice to recent grads from Redfin’s Kelman and Zillow’s Rascoff

It’s that time of year when commencement speeches ring out across the nation, with everyone from President Barack Obama to… Read More

Redfin enhances home valuation tool, rivaling Zillow’s Zestimate

Redfin wants to tell you how much your home is worth — just like Zillow. The Seattle online real estate… Read More

Zillow’s Rich Barton: ‘We are a team that dreams of leading the revolution’

Zillow has been on fire as of late. Its stock is up 100 percent so far this year, with Wall… Read More

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff responds to Redfin question: ‘We sell ads, not houses’

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff appeared this week on Bloomberg TV, declaring that the housing market is “back” and noting that… Read More

Redfin sets up new title and escrow subsidiary, continuing quest to upend real estate

Redfin has certainly made it clear that it wants to transform the real estate business — initially focusing on the… Read More

Redfin unveils Offer Insights: Real-time insider details for home buyers

Redfin continues to push toward more transparency in the traditionally opaque real estate industry, launching a new micro-blogging service of… Read More

Redfin to top $50M in sales: Kelman says there’s more to the Internet than ‘just running ads for other people’

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman popped by the TechCrunch offices earlier today to talk about the company’s new Collections photo service,… Read More

Redfin unveils Collections, a new photo-sharing service for real estate nerds

Sometimes, working in real estate can be all about crunching numbers and analyzing data. But there’s an emotional and creative… Read More

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman: If we don’t screw up, we could go public in 2014

Redfin has watched some of its peers take on Wall Street, with Trulia and Zillow both going public in the… Read More

Redfin touts $100 million in real estate savings, plans to double Seattle office space

It’s hard to believe, but Seattle-based Redfin is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. And what has the online real… Read More

Redfin unveils new search feature: Find your dream home in the top school zone

People buy homes for all sorts of reasons — fenced yards, fireplaces and big master bedrooms. But, as many parents… Read More

Zulily, Redfin and Apptio named to list of the top 100 private tech companies

Who are the emerging giants in technology? Business Insider just released its annual ranking of the top 100 private tech… Read More

Redfin study: Trulia and Zillow lack listings and show out-of-date information

Redfin has been lurking in the shadows for the past several months as online real estate companies like Trulia and… Read More

Redfin goes green, inks deal for land sales with Blu Homes

Redfin has struck a new partnership with Blu Homes to help those interested in building high-end pre-fab homes find land… Read More

Tech Moves: Crosscut names ex-Microsoft PR manager as publisher; Slade Gorton joins Clearwire’s board; and more

Crosscut, the five-year-old online news publication for the Pacific Northwest, has named former Microsoft corporate communications manager Greg Shaw as… Read More

Online real estate upstart Estately expands in Philly and eyes profits as housing market heats up

Home prices are on the rise again in some major U.S. cities, sparking enthusiasm that the worst of the real… Read More

Tech Moves: Nordstrom vet named Zoomingo adviser; Paul Allen’s PR chief leaves

Zoomingo, the mobile shopping app created by Krishnan Seshadrinathan and Shirish Nadkarni, has named former Nordstrom executive Loretta Soffe to its advisory… Read More

Head start on a home: Redfin updates app to add new listings in 15-30 minutes

Searching for a new home has to be one of the most time-consuming and frustrating experiences of a person’s lifetime.… 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

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

Comments of the week: Will this phone really take off?

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “Do you have to turn off *this* phone during… Read More

Redfin’s Glenn Kelman on why it’s OK for startup CEOs to be a little bit crazy

Are entrepreneurs better off being a little crazy — guided by their emotions? Or should they stick to good-old fashioned… 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

New iPad: First impressions, and 5 locally grown apps to try

We’ve been spending some quality time with a new iPad here today at GeekWire, focusing on the new and updated apps… 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

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