GeekWire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

(VSAI Photo) In a bid to help real estate agents make their online listings more appealing, Zillow Group announced the acquisition of Virtual Staging AI , a startup founded last year that uses AI to create virtual furniture and decorations. Zillow said it plans to offer VSAI’s tech through its product suite in the near future.

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Information Week

AUGUST 30, 2021

Bringing a major real estate services company with multiple brands in its portfolio to the cloud required a multifaceted strategy that continues to evolve.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The house used for exterior shots in “Stranger Things” — home to the Byers family on the popular Netflix series — is now owned by Seattle-based real estate startup Arrived Homes , which officially launched the property as an Airbnb listing on Tuesday. You can get there via the Atlanta area, 2024.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

John Schoettler, vice president of Amazon’s Global Real Estate and Facilities, right, speaks at the Bellevue Downtown Association 50th Anniversary with BDA President Patrick Bannon at Meydenbauer Center on Feb. Shannon Loew will lead Amazon’s Global Real Estate & Facilities team.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 31, 2024

The integration of technology and automation, and related collection, use, and sharing of information into everyday business practices presents an enormous opportunity for efficiency and precision, especially in the real estate sector. Real estate portfolios are uniquely exposed to cyber-physical damage risk?

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 29, 2024

In the dynamic world of real estate, especially in vibrant markets like Virginia, real estate agents need a unique set of people skills to stand out and succeed. This article delves into six critical people skills, otherwise known as soft skills, that can make a real difference in your career.

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GeekWire

JULY 10, 2024

Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News. As the industry continues to deal with the disruption of commissions lawsuits and settlements, the new CEO at a key real estate tech company is making plans for some disruption of his own. That means work smart and use technology.”

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GeekWire

JUNE 11, 2024

(Flyhomes screenshot) Seattle startup Flyhomes is beefing up its real estate search capabilities with the acquisition of technology from ZeroDown , a San Francisco startup backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that develops AI-fueled software for prospective homebuyers. And it’s betting that AI can help. states, and Washington D.C.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The news: Seattle-based real estate startup Aloft raised $20 million to grow its software platform used for home appraisals. The founders: Aloft is led by CEO Travis Soukup , a former Facebook manager who spent time at moving and storage company Clutter, and more recently at real estate startup Modus (acquired by Compass).

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GeekWire

MAY 16, 2024

Nexme , a Seattle-based startup that helps streamline tours for prospective homebuyers, announced Thursday it will be acquired by Finaya , a new real estate services company out of Silicon Valley. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Co-founders Arian Abdulkader and Vanessa Alvarez launched Nexme five years ago.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Flyhomes Photo) Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes has conducted another round of layoffs as the company faces what it calls “persistent and worsening industry headwinds.” Flyhomes CEO Tushar Garg. ” Flyhomes shared the news in a post on LinkedIn on Thursday.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Onder Photo) New York-based home-buying company EasyKnock acquired Seattle home maintenance startup Onder , combining two residential real estate-focused tech businesses. Earlier this year, real estate transaction volume reached its lowest level in at least a decade amid elevated interest rates.

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GeekWire

MARCH 14, 2024

(GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell wants to make it easier for property owners to convert their commercial buildings for residential use, amid a backdrop of a shaky commercial real estate market and the threat of decreased tax revenue for cities. Read Harrell’s full office conversion proposal below.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2022

Doorstead , a San Francisco-based real estate property management startup founded by former Uber employees, is starting to expand nationally and just launched in the Seattle region. Doorstead helps small real estate investors who own single-family units and need help renting out their space. (Doorstead Image).

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 4, 2021

Opendoor's Sam Stone discusses machine learning algorithms in real estate industry and how data science is used to assess property values. Read More.

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GeekWire

JUNE 20, 2023

Using machine-trained models and data, it helps investors sift through real estate property listings. ” Pushback: Real estate investing companies have faced criticism in the past. ” Competition: Several real estate investing startups focus on single-family homes.

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Information Week

AUGUST 26, 2024

As cloud services continue to scale, the strategic selection of data center sites has become a critical component of successful cloud infrastructure expansion.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 1, 2023

(ZIllow Image) Seattle real estate giants Zillow Group and Redfin announced a rare syndication partnership Tuesday related to the sharing of new construction listings. Zillow says it has the largest selection of new-construction communities of all real estate websites in the U.S.,

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2022

VRX offers real estate-focused content such as aerial drone photography, virtual staging, 3D tours, and high-definition images. It was founded in 2015 by former real estate agents Seth Green and Nathan Strom. The new bundle includes: Dotloop , software that helps real estate brokerages manage documents digitally.

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GeekWire

APRIL 10, 2023

A judge dismissed most of Amazon’s claims in a lawsuit alleging that former Amazon Web Services real estate managers conspired with outside firms to receive kickbacks on data center development deals. Amazon alleges that it suffered damages through the inflation of the prices it paid for real estate leases and purchases.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Seattle-based real estate startup Flyhomes this week announced it plans to acquire certain assets from Home Sale Assured , a Chicago-area company that helps homeowners move into a new home without needing to sell their current home. Flyhomes will acquire the brand, and Meadow is joining Flyhomes as vice president of partnerships.

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Information Week

MAY 13, 2022

Using insights on user experience from FullStory gave CINC perspective on how to keep real estate pros better connected with their clients.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Prophia , a startup building a platform that scours and extracts key terms from commercial real estate contracts, raised $10.2 Increasing competition in the commercial real estate sector has forced many companies to adopt tech in order to operate faster, CEO and co-founder Cameron Steele told GeekWire. Prophia Photo).

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Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Upland has raised $18 million at a $300 million valuation for its NFT virtual real estate game, whic is akin to Monopoly in the real world. Read More.

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GeekWire

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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GeekWire

OCTOBER 5, 2020

New York-based real estate brokerage and tech company Compass will acquire Modus , a Seattle startup that automates the title and escrow phase of closing on a home. Compass plans to integrate Modus’ software into its tech-fueled platform used by more than 18,000 real estate agents across 165-plus U.S. Modus Photo).

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GeekWire

APRIL 15, 2021

New funding: Doorstead , a San Francisco real estate property management startup founded by former Uber employees, raised a $12.5 Company background: The 2-year-old startup targets 15 million small real estate investors who own single-family units and need help renting out their space. (Doorstead Photo). million to date.

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TechSpot

MAY 7, 2022

The collection sold (or at least tried to sell) tokens to claim real estate and resources in Yuga's upcoming metaverse game, Otherside. Yuga Labs sold Otherdeed NFTs via Opensea. The NFT drop netted approximately $310 million in just a few short hours.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Compass CEO Robert Reffkin last year after cutting the ribbon on the real estate brokerage’s tech center in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. billion — faces intense competition from two of Seattle’s homegrown real estate powerhouses: Zillow Group and Redfin. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop).

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 18, 2023

(Green Canopy Photo) Three former executives of the climate friendly housing technology company Green Canopy NODE have left to create Cambia Capital , a sustainability-focused real estate investment firm. One of the biggest constraints to constructing climate friendly housing has been a lack of capital, said Susan Fairchild.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 3, 2021

Seattle-based NavigatorCRE, makers of a data analytics platform that serves the commercial real estate industry, has raised $17.2 (NavigatorCRE Image). million in new funding, the startup announced Tuesday. The Series A funding round was led by Atlanta-based Fulcrum Equity Partners and was joined by existing investors.

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Venture Beast

MAY 21, 2020

Real estate, for instance, could see considerable shifts in the coming years. According to FastCompany, the transition to a more data-driven approach to real estate will help “reshape the markets, bringing new investors int… Read More.

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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 Adam Wiener.

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GeekWire

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

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

MoxiWorks , a Seattle-based startup that operates a platform for real estate brokers, acquired ActivePipe , a 8-year-old company based in Australia that helps more than 40,000 agents across 2,500 brokerages with email marketing tools. MoxiWorks spun out of Windermere Real Estate more than a decade ago.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Real estate startup Place offers technology and services for agents and brokers, in addition to a consumer portal. Real estate technology and services company Place just raised the first outside capital in its history: a $100 million Series A round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, at a valuation of more than $1 billion.

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