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
Watch my dog help me make the picks for the WTIA awards We’ve already made it through Oscar season, and now we’re gearing up for March Madness. But before we get there,… Read More
Market Leader lands $2.55M deal to help Century 21 agents manage sales leads and marketing Last month, I reported on how Market Leader and Zillow appear to be on a collision course in the online… Read More
Zillow traffic slows in February Zillow today released traffic numbers for February, reporting that unique visitors to its Web site and mobile applications reached 31.2… Read More
Be warned Yelp and Facebook fans: Social media IPOs usually start with a pop, and then plummet As Facebook gears up for one of the largest Internet IPOs this year, they may want to take heed of… Read More
Market Leader and Zillow are on a collision course in real estate Earlier this month, Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff told investors on a quarterly conference call that the Seattle online real estate… Read More
Shares of Zillow tumble after co-founders unload stock Zillow had been experiencing a pretty nice run-up in its stock over the past few months, but the stock tumbled… Read More
Adam Lashinsky: ‘There’s nothing shiny or happy … inside the doors of Apple’ Fortune senior editor Adam Lashinsky stopped by the offices of Zillow earlier this month as he touted his new book:… Read More
Microsoft Windows as a ‘beautiful metaphor’ and other comments of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “Windows really is a beautiful metaphor for… Read More
Zillow’s Rich Barton: Why 50-50 equity splits between co-founders are extremely dangerous Entrepreneurs need to be flexible and pick themselves up even after things don’t go as planned, because invariably things will… Read More
Next up at Zillow: Tools to help real estate agents manage leads, contacts and much more Historically, Zillow has derived the bulk of its revenue from online advertising, charging real estate agents to gain access to… Read More
Q&A: Findwell’s Kevin Lisota on how tech is changing homebuying, and how it isn’t Our guest on a recent episode of the GeekWire radio show and podcast was Seattle tech veteran Kevin Lisota, the CEO… Read More
Shares of Zillow jump as revenue more than doubles Shares of Zillow rose nearly three percent Wednesday after the Seattle online real estate company posted strong financial results for the… Read More
Zillow names VP of partner relations to mend fences with real estate community Zillow has been taking it on the chin in recent days from a few real estate agents and Multiple Listing… Read More
Porsches in the parking lot; Etch-a-Sketch in the sky; and other quotes of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “This is much more than a building… Read More
Colorado real estate group explains why they booted Zillow’s Diverse Solutions Why did Metrolist — the largest Multiple Listing Service in Colorado — cut ties with Zillow-owned Diverse Solutions? Online real… Read More
Backlash continues against Zillow as real estate group cuts ties with Diverse Solutions Zillow is once again finding itself in the news after a Denver-based Multiple Listing Service notified members that they plan… Read More
Zillow discontinues listing feed: Redfin says it is not ‘crazy about the decision’ The shifting sands in the online real estate industry continue to morph. The latest development involves Zillow which recently notified… Read More
Zillow posts massive uptick in traffic, Wall Street applauds Well, it may be true that some brokers are upset with Zillow and its growing power in the online real… Read More
Chart: Who pays the most in Seattle for software engineers Steve Ballmer was right. It’s all about developers, developers, developers these days. In fact, the market is so hot that… Read More
This real estate vet is sick and tired of Trulia and Zillow, and he’s not gonna take it anymore The battle over online real estate listings is starting to heat up again. Jim Abbott, president of the Abbott Realty… Read More
Chicago company that sued TechCrunch hits Zillow, Redfin and others with patent suits Two of Seattle’s best known online real estate companies, Redfin and Zillow, have been hit with patent lawsuits by Chicago-based… Read More
Get neighborly advice from your Facebook friends with new service from Zillow One of the most important aspects of buying a new home is knowing the particulars of the neighborhood. Ask any… Read More
A $10 billion Facebook IPO would be bigger than every tech IPO of 2011 (combined) Technology companies reeled in more cash via IPOs than any other sector in 2011, buoyed by public offerings from companies… Read More
Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff is in NYC, ringing the Nasdaq bell again He’s back… Maybe Spencer Rascoff did so well the first time that Nasdaq just had to have him back. The… Read More
Zillow sees December traffic boost Most consumers put real estate buying and selling on hold during December, spending time with family and enjoying the holidays.… Read More
Average IPO loses 9% in 2011: Vast majority of offerings end the year ‘underwater’ A new analysis from IPO Dashboards shows just how challenging it was to take a company public in 2011. The… Read More
Online real estate startup Estately expands in New York, adds Texas Estately sometimes gets overshadowed in the online real estate industry by bigger consumer brands such as Redfin and Zillow. But… Read More
Nasdaq closes with a loss for 2011: A look back at the top and bottom performers It was a tough year for most of the publicly-traded tech companies in Washington state, with just a handful posting… Read More
From Amazon to Zillow: The eight big tech triumphs of 2011 As the year draws to a close, we’ve been looking back at some of the key moments of 2011 in… Read More
