We were up at the crack of dawn this morning writing our September newsletter with the latest Case-Shiller data hot off the presses. It went out to 118,717 folks, an 8.5% increase from last month. If you don’t get the newsletter, sign up or update your Redfin account to get it. We also post it here to… Read More
My college roommate used to end every midnight conversation with me — we were inseparable friends and still all we talked about with one another is why we were so alone — by saying that his standards were just too high. He was single for 38 years until just last month, when he married someone… Read More
Last Wednesday, Redfin set a record for home-tour requests. Usually, our home-tour requests peak in May, when people start looking for homes in earnest. And usually Wednesday is a slow day, at least compared to Friday. But here are the stats on home tours this year: 1st-tour requests: 1,686 projected for September vs 1,533 in… Read More
A curious thing happened after Redfin released its iPhone app Monday morning. We immediately got a bunch of one-star reviews, with no comment. Then we got a whole bunch more 5-star reviews. With almost nothing in between. Is this normal? We checked other real estate apps and found a far more even distribution. Here’s one:… Read More