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Study: Fewer Bay Area residents are searching for homes in Seattle

San Francisco Bay Area residents facing expensive housing costs continue to look elsewhere to buy a home, but Seattle has… Read More

Seattle home prices soar, inventory plummets and buyers are ‘demoralized’ by ‘wild bidding’

Seattle-area home prices were up 10.3 percent year over year in May according to Redfin, but at least one agent for… Read More

Redfin more than doubles space in Seattle with lease at new Hill7 building

Seattle-based real estate brokerage Redfin is on the move. The company announced Tuesday that it had signed a lease to occupy… Read More

Seattle homes selling faster than anywhere else in the U.S., but overall sales down 10% due to low inventory

It takes an average of eight days to sell a home in the Seattle area, making it the fastest and… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Who has the coolest office space in the Seattle region?

Technology companies are investing heavily in workplace atmospheres that bring out the best in their employees, helping to inspire world-changing… Read More

No more garages? Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman says self-driving cars will change the urban real estate market

Self-driving cars are headed our way and, while experts debate exactly how fast they’re going, one thing is certain: They… Read More

Silicon Valley invasion: Seattle job trends show tech workers migrating north

Employers are filling tech jobs in Seattle faster than ever, according to the chief economist of Indeed, based on her analysis… Read More

Redfin partners with White House for new tool that rates neighborhoods based on proximity to jobs

As part of a White House initiative to utilize data to “improve economic mobility for all Americans,” Seattle-based online real estate brokerage Redfin… Read More

Redfin CEO reveals Seattle housing data, says city can avoid issues plaguing San Francisco

Redfin, the tech-powered real estate brokerage based out of Seattle, collects all kinds of data about cities, from the available housing,… Read More

Do tech companies have a responsibility to help make Seattle an affordable and livable city for all?

Four citizens, each experts in different fields, met together on Wednesday evening to discuss whether the tech companies that have brought… Read More

Redfin lets anyone visualize and download housing data with new Tableau-powered tool

Redfin today unveiled a new free “Redfin Data Center” tool that lets anyone download, visualize and share the latest data… Read More

A decade later, Redfin wins patents on key online home search tools

Founded in 2004, Redfin was an early pioneer in using online tools to find and buy homes. And now the company has… Read More

Tech hubs dominate ranking of 30 most competitive neighborhoods for home buying

The fast-moving tech industry is driving a significant boom in cities like Seattle, San Francisco, Boston and Portland. So, it… Read More

Beyond the Zestimate: Zillow launches new ‘Price This Home’ tool, escalating feature war with Redfin

Zillow is launching a new feature called “Price This Home,” building on its longstanding, computer-generated Zestimate tool by giving homeowners the ability… Read More

Redfin launches ‘second generation’ home value estimator, calling it more accurate than Zillow

Redfin launched a new estimator tool today, which the company says uses an unprecedented amount of data in order to deliver the… Read More

Redfin research shows Seattle second most ‘economically integrated’ city in U.S.

Walk around many Seattle neighborhoods these days and it may not feel economically diverse, but a new research report from… Read More

Redfin rolls out a new look for its ‘for sale’ signs

It’s not even the New Year, and already Redfin is rolling out a brand-new look. The Seattle real estate company… Read More

Surefield challenges Zillow with new tool to figure out how much your home is worth

Seattle-based Surefield announced a new tool today that offers a transparent way for Washington state home buyers or sellers to… Read More

Redfin report shows sellers are ‘optimistic,’ but might be overvaluing their homes

Homeowners looking to sell are driven more by optimism than urgency in a housing market that is “approaching something that resembles… Read More

Head engineers talk about hiring, innovating and building world-class products in Seattle

Updated below with full video of session. While San Francisco might get all the attention for its engineering talent, Seattle… Read More

GeekWire Summit is one week away! Check out the agenda for our biggest event ever

We’re one week away from the GeekWire Summit, our biggest event ever and a must-attend conference for anyone interested in… Read More

Redfin CEO: Home prices surging in Silicon Valley, but Seattle and other tech hubs can ‘do it better’

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman says this is a critical time for Seattle and other emerging tech hubs, as the dam has… Read More

GeekWire 200 update: Enterprise software firms outshine sexier consumer startups

The Seattle area is known as a hotbed of consumer Internet technologies — from giants such as Amazon.com and Expedia… Read More

What keeps Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman up at night

Being CEO is a tough gig, especially in the online real estate game. Redfin’s CEO Glenn Kelman shares with Bloomberg… Read More

Redfin unveils new housing demand index, shows ‘cooling’ homebuyer interest

Redfin today is unveiling its new Housing Demand Index, a new service that it calls the industry’s “first and only measure… Read More

Redfin unveils ‘Book it Now’ service, giving home shoppers flexibility to schedule on-demand tours on their schedules

Redfin today is introducing a new service dubbed “Book it Now” that allows home shoppers to quickly and easily reserve… Read More

Blame tech workers for the soaring cost of Seattle real estate, Redfin says

When it was first reported that Silicon Valley residents were thinking about moving to Seattle in droves, people immediately wanted to know if these transplants were to blame… Read More

Seattle women tech leaders on landing your dream gig, and why you should get a mentor

At this point, we all should know some of the main challenges of being a woman in the tech game.… Read More

Silicon Valley transplants; investing in female founders; and other top posts from a busy May

It’s hard to believe that we’ve already rolled through another month, and that summer is now beckoning on the Seattle… Read More

A Silicon Valley exodus? Redfin analysis finds Bay Area residents are increasingly looking for homes in Seattle and Portland

One of the most interesting trends we’ve tracked at GeekWire over the past few years is the arrival in Seattle… Read More