Happy new year Redfinnians! One more little gift under the tree for you! Just in time for the holidays, we released Redfin for iPad! Like a magnificent medieval triptych, the app has a three-in-one interface — a map, a kaleidoscope of listing photos, a single house in all its glory — all in one screen…. Read More
Well, now I feel silly. Earlier this evening, I wrote a blog post about the boycott against the pro-SOPA crowd; SOPA is the bill to stop piracy on the Internet. I said that the boycott was a form of censorship when in fact a boycott is an exercise in free speech. I was 100% wrong,… Read More
UPDATE: I was wrong in this post in saying that a boycott stifles free speech. A boycott is a form of free speech. I retracted that argument in a subsequent post a few hours later. *sigh* The opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the bill before Congress to punish websites that publish pirated… Read More
We’re so excited that after three days our real estate app for iPad has a 5-star rating! Here’s one of our favorite reviews: The eye-candy, the friendly interface, the intuitive navigation, the depth of data – Redfin’s iPad app has it all. Best app ever. Thanks to everyone who has tried out the app :)…. Read More
Wow, has it been a busy week! Monday we released our long-awaited app, Redfin for iPad. Today you can sign up to get a monthly email that tells you what’s going on near your home with Redfin’s Home Report or in your neighborhood, zip or city with Redfin’s Insider Report. While serious home buyers are… Read More
The wait is finally over! And just in time for the holidays :). If you can’t wait until the end of this blog post to get your hands on our free app, then head directly to the App Store to download Redfin for iPad right now. Otherwise, read on for all the glorious details. Why… Read More
Sometimes we start a market analysis project looking for one thing and end up discovering something else entirely. Recently we decided to dig into the data to see if it supported our feeling that winter is the best time to buy, and the worst time to sell. However, when we got the results we discovered… Read More
Howdy Redfinnians! Time for Redfin’s monthly tell-you-everything analysis of the real estate market! We just hit $5 billion in home sales, where Redfin’s agents represented either the buyer or the seller, all in our don’t-crowd-me-baby style. For every customer, deal or no deal, Redfin surveyed the customer and published the answer. And on every home,… Read More