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Redfin

Q&A: Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on the biggest problem in real estate, entitled CEOs and ‘America’s real enemy’

Glenn Kelman has been trying to fix the ever-frustrating process of buying a house for more than 15 years as… Read More

Redfin hires Amazon behavioral economist Daryl Fairweather to lead housing market research team

Daryl Fairweather is joining Redfin as chief economist, bringing with her wide-ranging credentials that include studying behavioral science at Amazon… Read More

TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Gates Foundation, Redfin, Ring

Today’s featured stories Gates Foundation announces $15M commitment to map neighborhoods that help kids out of poverty Philanthropy advice from… Read More

Housing market slowdown could have major impact on U.S. economy, Redfin CEO says

For years, the number of available homes in hot markets like Seattle, Portland and San Francisco has been virtually zero,… Read More

How Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman rebels against the ‘baloney-gorged, bulls**t-filled corporate world’

Glenn Kelman is not a fan of this “era of entitled CEOs.” It’s basically impossible for a top leader to… Read More

Zillow and Redfin competitor Opendoor acquires home buying startup Open Listings

Opendoor, a San Francisco online marketplace that buys and sells houses, has acquired online home buying startup Open Listings, intensifying its… Read More

TLDR: Real estate market slows, HQ2 cities that Seattleites are most interested in, Google’s massive Seattle campus

Today’s featured stories Redfin CEO warns of slowing national real estate market, as frustrated buyers are sitting out Seattleites are… Read More

Redfin CEO warns of slowing national real estate market, as frustrated buyers are sitting out

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman has been known for making some strong statements about the housing market, and last week he… Read More

Redfin takes ‘experiment’ tag off Redfin Now, making direct home sales a key part of its business

Redfin Now, the company’s direct home buying and selling operation, is now a key piece of its long-term strategy. The… Read More

Redfin compete score

Redfin’s new ‘Compete Score’ ranks markets based on competition for homes and Seattle is toughest

Redfin has launched a new feature called Compete Score to help home buyers better understand what they’re up against when… Read More

Redfin seeks to raise up to $239M in new debt and stock offering

Redfin is looking to raise up to $239 million through a combination of debt and stock offerings, according to a… Read More

Redfin’s first chief economist, Nela Richardson, leaving real estate company after four years in role

Nela Richardson, the first chief economist at Seattle-based Redfin, is leaving the real estate technology company it was announced on… Read More

CityBldr will start buying homes in Seattle — taking on Zillow, Redfin, Opendoor with a twist

Seattle startup CityBldr is getting into the home buying game, taking on real estate heavyweights in its backyard. But unlike… Read More

Opendoor raises $325M as it battles Redfin and Zillow in competitive homebuying and selling market

Opendoor, a San Francisco online marketplace that buys and sells homes, has raised a whopping $325 million to expand to… Read More

Podcast

Week In Geek Podcast: Why Redfin and Zillow might want to buy your home

Right now, plenty of people use Redfin and Zillow, two of Seattle’s more prominent tech companies, to find homes. But… Read More

Zillow and Redfin execs explain why they jumped into buying and selling houses directly

Both Zillow Group and Redfin have evolved from just trying to simplify residential real estate, to controlling the process from… Read More

The ‘outrage’ of Bitcoin and other quotable gems from Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman has made waves in the tech community in recent weeks with a series of statements attempting… Read More

‘I’d like to make at least a nickel for our shareholders:’ Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on company’s future goals

There’s a sense of accomplishment that comes with going public, as tech-powered real estate brokerage Redfin did last year. But… Read More

Redfin CEO challenges Seattle to avoid SF’s pitfalls: ‘If we think we’re smarter than everyone else we should figure it out’

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman paints a dystopian picture of San Francisco, where he lived for years before fleeing to Seattle.… Read More

Zillow’s next $1B business? Online real estate giant makes risky bet buying and selling homes

“We sell ads, not houses,” Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff declared in a conference call with analysts three years ago.… Read More

Glenn Kelman

Redfin CEO breaks ranks with tech community in maverick response to ‘unreasonable’ Seattle tax

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman weighed in on Seattle’s controversial new head tax Tuesday, offering a sober perspective amid vitriolic responses… Read More

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman sounds off on housing market, says U.S. has become a ‘landlord nation’

Aspiring homebuyers losing out on bidding war after bidding war aren’t the only ones frustrated with the housing market. Redfin… Read More

Redfin posts $79M in revenue, attributes market share gain to expansion of lower seller fees

Redfin is continuing to experiment with new ways to get sellers to list homes on its site, and the tech-powered… Read More

Tech Moves: Head of Amazon Prime joins Airbnb to lead Homes business; Azuqua hires Appuri CEO; and more

Update: Airbnb announced Tuesday afternoon that Greg Greeley, a longtime Amazon executive who most recently led Amazon Prime and delivery… Read More

Redfin brought in $370M in 2017 revenue, stock stumbles despite beating Wall Street expectations

Redfin brought in $370 million in revenue in 2017, an increase of 38 percent over the prior year, while cutting… Read More

Seattle housing

Redfin migration report finds a first for Seattle: More users searching for a way out of city than in

The steady drumbeat of reports about growing Seattle and the tech boom and the desire of so many people to… Read More

Seattle neighborhoods left off Redfin’s list of hottest housing markets as San Jose leads the way

Redfin is out with its latest predictions for the nation’s hottest housing markets this year, and somewhat surprisingly, Seattle didn’t… Read More

Redfin

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman pens riveting diary on the IPO process: from a ‘death-march to a celebration’

Redfin had one of the better IPOs in 2017. In a process that has become more hit-or-miss in recent years,… Read More

GeekWire 200 Year in Review: A high-profile IPO, plenty of acquisitions and startups on the rise

Toward the end of last year, a report named seven Pacific Northwest startups — all of them near the top of… Read More

Redfin’s Glenn Kelman predicts a mass tech exodus from coastal cities

As CEO of Redfin, Glenn Kelman keeps a close eye on housing trends and their consequences. He’s convinced that skyrocketing… Read More

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