GeekWire

AUGUST 30, 2023

(Redfin Photo) Longtime Redfin executive Adam Wiener is leaving the Seattle-based real estate giant, nearly 16 years after he joined the company. ” Previously: Redfin’s chief economist on the real estate market; mortgage rates; climate risk; housing affordability ” Wiener’s last day will be Sept.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Flyhomes Photo) Real estate startup Flyhomes is laying off employees for the third time in a year, citing an effort to focus on profitability amid the broader housing market downturn. Seattle real estate tech companies including Redfin , Zillow, Loftium, and Inspectify have also trimmed their workforces.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

GeekWire File Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Flyhomes is broadening its suite of home-buying tools by acquiring the host-to-own platform Loftium in a Seattle startup real estate deal. The acquisition comes at a time when the broader real estate market has been in flux due in part to rising interest rates.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Zillow CTO David Beitel was one of the first executive leaders at the real estate giant. In 2006 the online real estate giant debuted the “ Zestimate ,” an algorithm that uses statistical and machine learning models to estimate the value of homes. Zillow Group is no exception. Zillow is no stranger to AI.

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GeekWire

MAY 18, 2020

Zillow Group is resuming its Zillow Offers home-buying business, reflecting the company’s confidence in real estate despite the ongoing global pandemic. after pausing the program across 24 markets in March due to the coronavirus outbreak. Tucson, Ariz., Raleigh, N.C., and Charlotte, N.C. Dr. Regina Benjamin. .”

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes is laying off employees for the second time in five months. Real estate tech companies are looking to cut costs amid a slowing housing market and rising interest rates, as well as broader economic uncertainty. Flyhomes CEO Tushar Garg. Flyhomes Photo).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Washington state voters rejected initiatives that would have axed a capital gains tax and a program to reduce carbon emissions. billion over two years , pays for public education, early learning programs and school construction. An election box in Seattle. PT on Tuesday. PT on Tuesday.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2021

A remedy for homebuyer’s remorse: Real estate startup Flyhomes today unveiled a new offering called Flyhomes Guarantee for Buyers that gives clients a way to move out of a home they recently purchased. It’s the latest idea from the Seattle company, known for helping people purchase houses directly with cash.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 7, 2020

The online real estate giant on Thursday posted better than expected financial results for its second quarter with $768 million in revenue, up 28% year-over-year. ” Fellow Seattle real estate giant Redfin also beat estimates for its quarterly earnings last week as the U.S. Zillow Group CEO Rich Barton.

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GeekWire

JULY 30, 2020

Seattle-based real estate company Redfin topped Wall Street estimates for its second quarter earnings , reporting $214 million in revenue, up 8%, and a net loss per share of $0.08. The real estate market is on a roller coaster this year as buying activity slowed due to the pandemic but has rebounded in recent months.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Redfin’s Direct Access program enables buyers to tour a home by unlocking the door via an app and connected smart lock. Tech tools such as video tours have increasingly helped power real estate transactions during the pandemic, decreasing the need for face-to-face interactions. Redfin Photo). Its net loss widened to $27.9

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The Seattle online real estate giant said today it will shut down Zillow Offers, its iBuying program that aims to digitize and accelerate the homebuying experience. Zillow Group’s ambitious tech-fueled bid to shake up how people buy and sell homes is coming to a surprising end.

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GeekWire

APRIL 12, 2023

This is the third time in less than a year the Seattle real estate company has conducted a workforce reduction. Redfin said last November that it would wind down its home-flipping program RedfinNow and eliminate 862 positions, or 13% of its workforce. The company also reported a net loss of $61.9

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GeekWire

MAY 7, 2020

The Seattle real estate company posted its first quarter earnings report on Thursday with $191 million in revenue, up 73% and beating expectations of $178 million. “Real estate commerce has probably virtualized itself more in the past two months than it had in the prior 20 years,” he said in a statement.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Seattle real estate tech startup Flyhomes recently vacated its office space at the 1201 Western Building along Western Ave. The real estate startup confirmed that it vacated the space on Sept. Flyhomes, which helps homebuyers make all-cash offers among other real estate services, has gone through multiple layoffs.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 17, 2020

Seattle-based Nexme had launched its minimally viable product (MVP) and its team was working long hours to make improvements to its real estate buying app. The caller, Mark Montgomery , a real estate investor with more than 30 years in the sector, had checked out their platform and wanted to learn more. Nexme Image).

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GeekWire

AUGUST 24, 2021

A Seattle-area tech executive who attempted to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 disaster relief loans through the Paycheck Protection Program was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday. (Justice.gov Image). Mukund Mohan, 48, of Clyde Hill, Wash., pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering on March 15.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

NSIN tapped Justin Dunnicliff as its university program director at the UW. He’ll be based at the CoMotion, the university’s innovation hub, and will run programs including Hacking for Defense and Starts. NSIN tapped Justin Dunnicliff as its university program director at the UW.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

headquarters Thursday as part of a $750 million program designed to alleviate the region’s real estate crunch. Other participants in the fund include Stream Real Estate, Freddie Mac, Washington Federal, Washington Trust, and Berkadia. “We (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

housing market continues to show signs of weakening, impacting Seattle real estate tech companies such as Zillow Group and Redfin. The company also said it plans to shut down its home-flipping “iBuying” program RedfinNow. The Seattle real estate giant reported revenue of $600.5 13 in Seattle.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Redfin sold 388 homes via RedfinNow in the quarter, up from 37 in the year-ago period, and expanded the program to five additional cities. Zillow said it decided to shut down its iBuying program Zillow Offers after failing to accurately forecast home prices. “And isn’t the Alpha and Omega, the Vishnu God of Destruction.

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GeekWire

JUNE 13, 2023

.” Bridget Frey , CTO at Redfin , a Seattle-based real estate company Bridget Frey, CTO at Redfin. Redfin Photo) “We’ve already found a number of places where AI tools are making our engineers more efficient.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) [This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. Agents in the program will remain W-2 employees with benefits, but their compensation will be completely commission-based. Some version of the program could go out nationwide in a year if it’s profitable for Redfin and agents alike.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

A conversation about the pitfalls of real estate valuations leads John Cook and me into a larger discussion about the continued importance of human judgment and attention in the modern world. Plus, cat vs. coyote: the crazy scene on my Ring camera this week.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This follows another Bloomberg report that the real estate browsing website had to stop buying houses when it found itself with excess inventory after the company told investors it planned on ramping up its flipping business. It’ll then deal with any repairs or quick renovations and then sell the house itself.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Opendoor , the online real estate giant that lets people directly buy and sell homes online, has acquired Seattle-based startup Pro.com and San Francisco-based Skylight. They aim to digitize the homebuying experience from start to finish, and take a share of the nearly $2 trillion real estate industry. Pro.com Photo).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Zillow Photo) Seattle real estate tech company Zillow Group promoted Jun Choo to the role of chief operating officer. Choo was previously Zillow’s senior vice president of real estate software. Jun Choo, chief operating officer of Zillow Group. Alberto Santagostino, CEO of AGC Biologics. Bothell, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

As part of its third quarter earnings report in November, the Seattle real estate giant said it was ending Zillow Offers, its “iBuying” home-flipping program. Erickson added that investors are trying to figure out how much Zillow can continue growing in relation to the overall real estate market.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

. … Read More A proposed capital gains tax in Seattle draws mixed response from tech leaders and city lawmakers Members of the Seattle City Council’s Select Budget Committee on Wednesday debated a newly proposed 2% capital gains tax to support food and housing programs for the city’s low- and middle-income residents.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Plainsight launched in 2007 and serves customers in various industries including manufacturing, food service, real estate, and more. Kelley previously was a program director for Microsoft’s military affairs program and was a talent acquisition director at Amazon. Nexus Search Partners , a Charlotte, N.C.-based

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GeekWire

JUNE 19, 2021

But when he finally got the opportunity , the Expedia and Zillow co-founder started with a critique of the program’s name — specifically, its pronoun. Barton co-founded the online real estate company in 2005, and was succeeded as CEO by Spencer Rascoff in 2011, before returning to the role in 2019. .”

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GeekWire

APRIL 13, 2023

(Redfin Photo) After predicting that the sluggish housing market had started to rebound in January, Redfin this week blamed real estate market conditions as part of the reason for its latest round of layoffs. Redfin has already made a series of cost-cutting measures in response to its predictions of a declining housing market.

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GeekWire

JULY 30, 2020

JetClosing is part of a growing trend in real estate to shift the homebuying experience online — one that has accelerated due to the global health crisis. Real estate agents using JetClosing can provide real-time notifications and messaging to homebuyers about the progress of a close.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Seattle real estate giant reported $479 million in Q4 revenue, which beat expectations and surpassed the high end of its guidance range. Redfin said in November it would wind down its home-flipping program RedfinNow and eliminate 862 positions, or 13% of its workforce. Shares were down 2% in after-hours trading.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

(GeekWire File Photo / Kaitlyn Wang) — Yifan Zhang , a Seattle-based entrepreneur who previously led real estate startup Loftium, is joining the AI2 Incubator as a managing director. Zhang co-founded Loftium in 2017. Flyhomes acquired Loftium earlier this year.

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GeekWire

JUNE 10, 2021

This past April the Seattle-area couple finally found a house they loved, but had to compete against 14 other offers — a familiar situation for buyers trying to purchase a property in the current chaotic real estate market. “We’re building the world’s best home-buying experience,” Garg told GeekWire this week.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Bothell facility will house Sana’s proprietary cancer drug program. Sana, which launched in 2019 and had a record-breaking IPO in 2021, has one drug program ready for scaled production — allogeneic CAR-T cells targeting blood cancers like leukemia and autoimmune diseases. At the ceremony Friday, Washington Rep.

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