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Zillow ends Listings API, pulls FSBOs from Redfin, other sites
Pulling FSBOs Redfin announced today that their site will no longer feature homes for sale by owner (FSBO), beginning Thursday, as Zillow will no longer be sending FSBO and other manually posted listings to be displayed on their site. Redfin is not alone, as this impacts any real estate brokerage, website or service that is featuring listings through Zillow’s Postings ...
Go paperless, doxo offers free cloud storage and bill pay
On a mission Seattle startup, doxo is on a mission to help the world go paperless and reduce printing, paper and postage costs and help individuals and businesses to stay organized and keep bills paid on time. The company offers free cloud storage for your bills, bank statements, and business documents that can be organized in folders to help businesses ...
uOpen – Seattle startup seeks to skyrocket Realtor productivity – exclusive
Startup to launch in 2012 Seattle startup, uOpen is currently a landing page with some breadcrumb hints about what the technology company does, simply saying “an amazing new mobile application developed to make open houses and showings more productive for real estate sales and leasing agents.” In their first media interview, Richard Braun, uOpen founder and CEO told AGBeat that ...
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Windermere spins off tech company, launching Agent Websites at NAR conference today
Windermere Solutions – tech spin off Today at the National Association of Realtors’ annual convention, Windermere Solutions will publicly launch their first product, Agent Websites after spinning off of Windermere Real Estate. The company was built to create products that strengthen “the relationship between agents and brokers” and is the first of several more pending product releases. Agent Websites was ...
Zillow announces acquisition of IDX company Diverse Solutions
Zillow + Diverse Solutions Zillow announced today that it has acquired Diverse Solutions, a six year old, California based IDX company in an effort to expand their “total addressable market as a technology platform for agents,” following their last major acquisition of Postlets.com. Both acquisitions are of companies that help real estate agents market property listings. The $7.8 million acquisition ...
Zillow Mortgage Marketplace to power AOL Real Estate’s mortgage search
Zillow to power AOL mortgage search Zillow is announcing today a partnership between Zillow Mortgage Marketplace which will now power mortgage search on AOL Real Estate and DailyFinance, giving AOL visitors the ability research, shop and compare mortgages within the AOL network. The partnership expands Zillow Mortgage Marketplace’s reach and strengthens AOL Real Estate’s offering. AOL will now feature Zillow ...
Zillow poll – consumers are knowledgeable in some ways, misinformed in others
Zillow polls potential home buyers Real estate media site Zillow.com surveyed prospective home buyers by asking basic questions about the buying process to test their knowledge and there were some surprising results. Consumers are well educated on the real estate process, but nearly half had unrealistic expectations for home value appreciation, 42 percent indicating they believe homes increase in value ...
Redfin gets $15M investment, has now raised roughly $46 million
Investment in Redfin jumps by $15M Real estate company, Redfin has announced today the $15 million that has put them almost at the $50 million mark. Globespan Capital Partners led the investment which included previous investors Madrona Venture Group, Vulcan Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Greylock Partners. Redfin touts that as fewer homes are sold and other brokerages struggle, they ...
Neighborhood social network launches, backed by Zillow’s Rich Barton
New network launches The trend of years past was to launch a social network and go global with people from all walks of life coming together to meet each other and expand each others’ horizons. Now that the globe has taken to social media, there is a frequent feeling of loneliness in a full room, especially for people with natural ...
Nordstrom’s holiday decoration policy backfires in Seattle
We take back our praises… We recently praised Nordstrom for their choice to refrain from decorating their stores and windows prior to the holiday season, lamenting the fact that most retailers added Christmas decorations, wrapping paper and the like, as early as September. Nordstrom was applauded for placing signs in their store that notes they will enjoy one holiday at ...
Is Redfin fudging their production stats, counting teams as one agent?
Can the Redfin model be reported like others? It is often grumbled about on the West Coast that Redfin touts that their brokerage comprises of a consistent percentage of various markets’ “top agents,” comparing their production numbers to single agents in the same market. This fall, Redfin’s Courtney Wenclawski wrote, “Nine Redfin Washington Metro & Baltimore agents finished in the ...
GeekWire meetup in Seattle to feature Zillow’s Rich Barton
GeekWire.com Presents Rich Barton: The Goods, from A to Zillow at their October 27th GeekWire meetup in Seattle. Details from the event invitation: Game plan: 5:30pm – Check-in, drinks, snacks, “tech tunes” trivia contest. 6:30pm – GeekWire Presents Rich Barton: The Goods, from A to Zillow. Rich Barton: Co-Founder/Executive Chairman, Zillow Rich served as CEO & Chairman from 2005 until ...
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