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Airbnb and VRBO raise concerns with Seattle’s proposed short-term rental regulations

Airbnb and VRBO, two titans of the short-term rental lodging industry, have concerns about the regulations Seattle lawmakers proposed Wednesday. Mayor… Read More

Seattle home prices rising twice as fast as national average — only Portland is faster

The value of a single-family home in the Seattle area increased 10.8 percent compared to March of last year, a… Read More

Seattle lawmakers propose rules to curb Airbnb and improve housing affordability

Over the past decade, the tech boom has both elevated and strained hubs like Seattle and San Francisco. In many ways,… Read More

DeepCell Industries raises $410K to develop tech for cannabis-infused sugar

DeepCell Industries, a Seattle startup that helps develop technology for cannabis-infused products and brands, has raised $410,000 to fuel growth. DeepCell… Read More

Block out some time: ‘The Art of the Brick’ Lego exhibit opens in Seattle this weekend

Pick the tiny Lego pieces out of your feet and hurry down to the Pacific Science Center to get a… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa gets Washington State Ferry smarts, thanks to new third-party skill

“Ahoy there,” says a playfully nautical Alexa when you ask her for information about the Washington State Ferries. It’s a… Read More

The no-power lunch: Seattle food trucks used Square’s Offline Mode to make sales during outage

The power outage in downtown Seattle on Wednesday wasn’t going to keep office workers from eating, and thanks to one… Read More

Paul Allen gives $500K to Seattle’s KEXP — DJ says ‘there would be no station’ without him

Iconic Seattle radio station KEXP announced a $500,000 gift from entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul Allen Thursday. Allen’s donation helped the… Read More

GeekWire Sports Tech Summit: Last chance for early-bird tickets

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber. NFL CIO Michelle McKenna-Doyle. And Super Bowl champion Doug Baldwin Jr. of the Seattle… Read More

Why this startup turned a former billiards hall into a gourmet company kitchen

Former patrons of Belltown Billiards would probably balk at the sight of dishes like “rack of lamb” and “miso cod”… 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

New real estate startup FlyHomes rewards homebuyers with airline miles

Buying a home will probably be the biggest purchase of your life. Imagine earning airline miles for it. That idea was… Read More

Amazon ranks the most well-read cities in the U.S., and the winner is …

Amazon released its annual list of the 20 Most Well-Read Cities Tuesday and named its hometown of Seattle the most… Read More

Zestimiss: Why did CEO Spencer Rascoff’s home sell for 40% less than Zillow estimate of $1.75M?

Home owners across the country love to debate whether their Zestimates are too high or too low. When it comes time to… Read More

Hush-hush startup Human unveils core functions of its flagship audio product

Listen closely: The secretive Seattle startup Human Inc. has offered a glimpse of what it has in store to disrupt audio technology… Read More

‘Magic: The Gathering’ cards worth $15K stolen from Seattle game shop

As any “Magic: The Gathering” player knows, there are a variety of spells to attack opponents and seize their cards.… 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

Seattle jumps to 18th on list of biggest U.S. cities; population growth was 11th fastest, according to Census

New U.S. Census Bureau data released on Thursday backs up what the housing crunch and traffic slowdowns have already forecast for… Read More

Can’t afford Seattle? Roomi app moves into city to help users find shared housing safely and easily

Seattle residents and transplants faced with the increasingly difficult task of finding available and affordable housing got a new tool to… Read More

Seven percent of Seattle area homes now valued over $1 million, nearly triple the number from four years ago

As Seattle struggles with a lack of affordable housing in the midst of a tech-fueled surge in growth, a new… Read More

Five Seattle councilwomen attacked for arena vote get hilarious assist from Samantha Bee

The five women of the Seattle City Council, who were attacked via misogynistic tweets and emails for a recent vote… Read More

Seattle traffic is a nightmare: Here’s the city’s plan to reduce gridlock with traffic lights that adapt to changing conditions

Seattle’s traffic system is buckling under the weight of so many newcomers. Many of the traffic signals were built before… Read More

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