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Redfin

These cities were the top markets for ‘iBuyers’ like Zillow and Redfin in 2019

The cities of Las Vegas, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte and Atlanta all have one thing in common — they were the… Read More

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— In 2017, news of sexual harassment problems at Uber made national headlines and investigations led to the ousting of… Read More

Redfin stock rises 5% after real estate giant posts $233 million in Q4 revenue, up 88%

Shares of Redfin were up more than 5 percent in after-hours trading after the real estate company posted its fourth… Read More

Opendoor and MoxiWorks team up to arm real estate agents with cash offers for homes

Seattle real estate tech startup MoxiWorks is teaming up with leading iBuyer Opendoor in a new partnership to help agents… Read More

These are the cities where Redfin and Zillow are directly buying and selling the most homes

The so-called “iBuyer” movement is still young, but a new report sheds light on its growing impact on real estate.… Read More

Zillow 2.0 is here: Home sales outpace real estate giant’s traditional businesses for first time

Well, that didn’t take long. Zillow Group’s home sales division now makes up the majority of the company’s business, just… Read More

Redfin’s Q3 revenue spikes 70% as it aims to ‘redefine real estate in the consumers’ favor’

Shares of Redfin were up more than 6 percent in after-hours trading after the real estate company posted its third… Read More

Microsoft outpaces Amazon in Hired’s ‘Brand Health Report’ on where tech talent wants to work

Microsoft’s brand reputation is looking pretty healthy when it comes to what tech workers regard as desirable places to work.… Read More

Zillow and Redfin rival Opendoor unveils mortgage push as real estate powerhouses vie to control home sales

Opendoor, the well-funded San Francisco online real estate marketplace that buys and sells homes, is getting into mortgages, intensifying competition… Read More

Redfin stock soars as home sales business powers 39% revenue spike to $197M

Redfin stock is soaring after the tech-powered real estate brokerage sailed past analyst expectations and projected a huge spike in… Read More

Fast-growing real estate heavyweight Compass raises $370M at $6.4B valuation

High-tech real estate brokerage Compass has a new mountain of cash to continue building out its technology platform and grow… Read More

Real estate rivals Redfin and Opendoor join forces in surprising home-buying partnership

Homeowners looking to sell their homes in Phoenix and Atlanta can now get a cash offer on Redfin’s website. However,… Read More

Podcast

A new era for home-buying: How Zillow, Redfin and their rivals plan to revolutionize real estate, again

The peak home-buying season is upon us, but buyers and sellers taking a fresh look at the market will see… Read More

Q&A: Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on competing with Zillow, and the potential of real estate tech

Redfin is more than two years into what was once an experiment, buying homes from people, sprucing them up and… Read More

Redfin looks to disrupt real estate again with new program letting homebuyers make direct offers online without an agent

Redfin quietly launched a new feature that lets homebuyers without an agent make offers on homes directly through its website,… Read More

Redfin’s losses shoot up 84% to $67M as revenue rises 38% to $110M

Redfin’s losses in the first quarter grew faster than revenue, but the tech-powered real estate brokerage met or beat Wall… Read More

Seattle is the most dog-friendly city in the U.S., according to data from Rover and Redfin

Seattle has gone to the dogs. Two Seattle-area tech companies — Rover, the network of dog walkers and pet sitters,… Read More

Sujal Patel

Tech Moves: Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel joins Bay Area VC firm; Wrench adds Redfin exec to board

Sujal Patel, a longtime Seattle-area investor and co-founder of Isilon Systems, has joined Palo Alto, Calif.-based venture capital firm Defy… Read More

Amazon’s rapid expansion in Seattle suburb could ignite a ‘real estate frenzy’, Redfin predicts

Bellevue, Wash., get ready to experience the Amazon effect. With the tech giant possibly cooling on Seattle and focusing its… Read More

Seattle

Is cooling of Seattle housing market already over? Redfin report shows spike in pending sales

Two months after predicting that tech hubs like Seattle could be in for a big real estate cooldown in 2019,… Read More

Redfin posts $487M in revenue in 2018 as losses balloon to $42M for the year

Redfin’s desire to compete in every area of the real estate transaction appears to be paying off as the tech-powered… Read More

Pro.com lands Redfin as an investor and potential partner in $33M round as it aims to revolutionize general contracting

Pro.com — the Seattle startup that aims to transform the general contractor industry — had a pretty good 2018, and… Read More

Redfin embarks on 1st international expansion, coming to Canada later this year

Redfin is coming to Canada in the next few months, marking the first international expansion for the tech-powered real estate… Read More

Housing cooldown poses ‘1st serious test’ for new Redfin and Zillow direct home-buying programs

Redfin and Zillow will face the “first serious test” of their new direct home sales operations in the midst of… Read More

Redfin sale sign

Redfin predicts big real estate cooldown, with tech hubs like Seattle and S.F. feeling it most

The last couple of years have been rough for home buyers — specifically on the West Coast, where an influx… Read More

Tech Moves: Alder gets a CFO; Eventcore snags sales VP; Redfin hires head of renovations

Carlos Campoy is the new CFO at Alder BioPharmaceuticals. The Bothell, Wash.-based drug company is developing eptinezumab, an antibody-based migraine… Read More

Tech Moves: RealSelf snags general counsel from Avvo; Tableau loses a data evangelist; and more

—Cosmetic treatment review site RealSelf is lawyering up with Josh King as the company’s first general counsel. King is leaving… Read More

There go the neighborhoods: Home searches spike in new Amazon HQ cities as tech giant reveals expansion plans

The housing markets in Northern Virginia and New York City — winners of the Amazon HQ2/3 sweepstakes — are in… Read More

Redfin stock tumbles as tech-powered brokerage surpasses Wall Street expectations

Redfin beat Wall Street expectations for revenue and profits in the third quarter, but its stock is falling in after-hours… Read More

How will the cooling housing market affect Zillow and Redfin’s new direct home sale programs?

When Seattle-based online real estate giants Zillow Group and Redfin jumped into directly buying and selling homes to the consumer,… Read More

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