Offers and Tours Continue to Slow as Year Winds to a Close
The Redfin Real-Time Demand Pulse: a monthly analysis of tour and offer activity from thousands of homebuyers across 20 U.S. markets, months in advance of completed sales, and the only report in the industry that analyzes offer and tour data. December 2012 Redfin Real-Time Demand Pulse (November data) As you may have noticed, we’ve been… Read More
The Fiscal Cliff and the Cap on Mortgage Interest Deductions: Real Home-Buyers React
The National Association of Realtors is working in deadly earnest to kill the cap on mortgage interest deductions, though it is widely favored by economists of all stripes. We asked 1,084 active home-buyers how the uncertainty over the deduction was affecting their decision-making process… Read More
In Home Search, Men are From Mars and Women are From Venus… Sometimes
The conventional wisdom in real estate is that women are the decision-makers when buying a home, leaving the hapless man with the task of selling the old place. But that’s just a stereotype. What do the numbers tell us about how women and men search for shelter? Read More
Redfin Names the Best Neighborhoods to See Holiday Lights
Redfin Agents Identify Top Five Neighborhoods in 17 Cities, and Top Five Neighborhoods in the Nation There’s nothing that will get you in the festive spirit more than bundling up, turning on holiday tunes, and driving past homes covered in holiday lights and decorations. Today Redfin announced the best neighborhoods to see holiday lights in… Read More
What the Housing Market Has to Be Thankful for in 2012
Here is Redfin’s monthly email newsletter, with a little about Redfin and a lot about what’s happening in the real estate market. Happy holidays! We have a lot to be thankful for don’t we? After everyone gave up hope, the housing market emerged from the basement for the first time in six years, and is… Read More
You Look Beautiful Darling
We’re proud to introduce the new Redfin home details page, which shows the photos, details and history of 35 million U.S. homes, condos, townhomes and land on our site. Our customers spend 65% of their time on this one page, and we managed to increase the size of the photos by 35%, made it easier… Read More