A new Q1 report from Kidder Mathews shows regional vacancy rates in the Seattle area rising to 15.1%, up from 13.9% at the end of 2023, the ninth consecutive quarterly… Read More
Office-to-residential conversions are frequent fodder in discussions of the post-pandemic city, downtown regeneration, and hopes to contain rising housing costs. Remote work is here to stay, especially in hybrid form… Read More
Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes has conducted another round of layoffs as the company faces what it calls “persistent and worsening industry headwinds.” Flyhomes shared the news in a post… Read More
[This story originally appeared on Real Estate News.] Zillow Group is adding to its arsenal of agent tools with the acquisition of Follow Up Boss, a popular customer relationship management system for… Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is expanding his real estate portfolio with the purchase of a $79 million mansion in South Florida. And it’s next door to a home he paid… Read More
More and more companies are using AI and machine learning to boost their businesses. Zillow Group is no exception. “We want to make it easy for people to find homes… Read More
Zillow Group revenue rose slightly to $506 million in the second quarter, well ahead of its prior guidance of $451 million to $479 million for the three months ended June… Read More
Free bananas and dogs at the office — Amazon is officially open for business at its HQ2 in Arlington, Va. The Seattle-based tech giant cut the ribbon Thursday on Metropolitan… Read More
Last week’s earnings announcements from Redfin and Zillow Group suggest a prolonged slowdown in housing market activity. Revenue from Redfin’s real estate services division dropped nearly 30% in the first… Read More
Silicon Valley Bank’s swift downward spiral could ease mortgage rates and push property prices downward in tech-heavy metros including San Francisco and Seattle. Those are key takeaways from Zillow Chief… Read More
The once high-flying real estate market sputtered in 2022, dragging many real estate tech companies down with it. The sudden swing pushed companies to cut costs, which included layoffs and… Read More
Seattle’s booming tech economy has altered the regional real estate market over the last decade, with home prices moving steadily upward in the face of low inventory and high demand.… Read More
Microsoft is pushing back the timeframe for nine of the 17 buildings in the redevelopment of its original Redmond headquarters campus, delaying their completion while saying it is still committed… Read More
If you live in a home built before the 1950s, there’s a chance that lurking in its property records is racist language. For decades in the first half of the… Read More
Zillow Group beat its third quarter earnings expectations amid a slowdown in the overall housing market and rising interest rates brought on by inflation. Revenue fell year-over-year in the company’s… Read More
The workforce at Blue Origin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space venture, has been growing by leaps and bounds — and so has the need for office and lab space. A… Read More
Seattle startup Far Homes aims to simplify transacting real estate in foreign markets. The company says it looks to take advantage of remote workers interested in living in tropical locations.… Read More
Citing ongoing uncertainty about the impact of hybrid work on its office designs, Amazon says it will pause construction on five towers in downtown Bellevue, Wash., and hold off, for… Read More
Offices in Seattle will remain partly empty until 2024. At least, that’s what commercial real estate company Broderick Group predicts in a market report for the second quarter of 2022,… Read More
Arrived Homes, the Seattle startup that helps people invest in single-family rental properties, has raised $25 million in new funding to continue its expansion into new markets. The cash will… Read More
RENTON, Wash. — Longacres, the storied property that once boasted a famous horse racing track and the former headquarters of Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes group, now is home to the Seattle… Read More
Showdigs, a Seattle real estate technology startup, has raised $7.4 million in new funding. Founded in 2018, the company makes it easier for property managers to schedule and show rental… Read More
Fewer people working in the office, less need for office space? That seems like a logical conclusion to draw. But a recent survey of 446 U.S. businesses by the Harvard… Read More
Editor’s note: This is a column written by GeekWire co-founder John Cook. “Why bunt?” That was the rhetorical question Zillow Group CEO and co-founder Rich Barton asked a packed crowd… Read More
Big deals have become almost run-of-the-mill for Seattle-based home services tech company Porch Group, which has been acquiring an array of companies in areas such as home inspections, moving, real… Read More
On a day when the biggest social media company on the planet went offline for several hours, Spencer Rascoff talked about why he’s been building a small social newcomer around… Read More
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman joins us on this episode of the GeekWire Podcast to discuss the latest twists in the housing market; delays in returning to the office; the role… Read More
Seattle real estate brokerage Redfin on Thursday posted second quarter revenue of $471 million, a jump of 121 percent over the same period last year. The surge in revenues also… Read More
Sports and entertainment company Topgolf is officially bringing a full-scale, high-tech golf and gaming complex to the Seattle area, with plans to break ground on Tuesday in Renton, Wash., at… Read More
It’s been more than three years since a concept to encourage high-net worth Americans to invest in economically distressed areas was introduced and later passed with bipartisan support as part… Read More
