Home Buying on April 1 Just Became Unbelievably Easy
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Roske Speaks: Redfin Should Be More Like Costco
Chris Roske, Redfin’s director of finance, recently sent me a letter explaining how Redfin should be more like Costco. I think the letter’s pretty good even though I disagree with a few points (Costco does send a ton of direct mail and I think its overhead costs for website development should actually be higher because… Read More
Dang. That's Fast.
In a real estate world suddenly frenzied with competition, Redfin just released Instant Updates, the first* major service for immediately alerting home-buyers about new listings and price drops. Now, 15 – 30 minutes after a real estate agent lists a home for sale, folks using Redfin to search for listings in that area will get… Read More
List with Redfin, Sell Your Home Faster and For More Money
As a part of an enhanced fervor here at Redfin for giving sellers better service for less money than traditional agents, I was tasked with a research project to determine how well our listing agents have performed for sellers in recent years. The result: On average, Redfin listings sell 15 days faster and for $8,700… Read More
Search Homes and ‘Hoods Even Faster with our Google Chrome App!
***Update 9/14/2012*** We’re constantly evaluating how our website and applications are performing, paying special attention to reactions from our customers. In the case of our Google Chrome App, usage has been limited and it hasn’t been getting much love from consumers, so we have made the decision to discontinue it. Of course, you can continue… Read More
What's Your Home Worth? Well, See For Yourself
For the past five years, Redfin has sought to build the perfect site for folks to preview, visit and ultimately buy homes for sale. But in 2012, we have opened a second major front, to serve owners and sellers of homes. In just the past three months, Redfin launched Home Report, a personalized monthly email monitoring… Read More
Growing, Fast and Slow
“Greed,” Gordon Gekko once declared, “is good.” Oliver Stone’s private-equity titan was referring to the process of creative destruction, in which ravenous corporate raiders strip a businesses to its bones in three months flat. Venture capitalists have the same simple attitude toward growth: growth is good. Their fish of choice is not a piranha but… Read More
Now Available on Redfin: Filter by HOA Dues!
Our website wizards at Redfin are always on the prowl for new features that can wow and amaze our customers. Even more so when it’s a feature you’ve told us you wanted, and that no other major real estate site has. To that end, we launched a feature on our search menu today to let… Read More
Philly, We Have Arrived!
Bust out the cheese-steaks—Redfin has arrived in Philly! Philly is Redfin’s 19th market overall and our first in more than a year. But it’s a big one: today, the number of listings on our site grew by 8.5%. We hired an 18-year real estate veteran, Linda Wolbers, to build and manage a local team of… Read More
Happiness is Inevitable, Too (Even in Real Estate)
Big news Redfinnians! Redfin upgraded its service, so you can meet your Redfin agent from the first tour, and he always sees your house. You still get an agent paid to put customers ahead of commissions, digital convenience the whole way through a deal, but now also a face-to-face relationship with your Redfin agent. What… Read More