Redfin Listing Agents Sell Homes More Effectively, Faster, and for More Money
Today’s market is anything but slow for sellers, but according to our research, choosing the right agent still makes a big difference. Homes listed with a Redfin Agent sell faster, for more money, and are more likely to sell. Read More
Baltimore vs. San Francisco: A Housing Face-Off
This year the Baltimore Ravens will be facing off against the San Francisco 49ers for the chance to take home the Super Bowl XLVII title. Winning the Super Bowl is all about hometown pride. So how do San Francisco and Baltimore stack up? Read More
81% of Home Sellers Believe Home Prices will Continue to Rise; Missing Out on Future Price Gains Surpasses the Economy as Top Concern
Redfin’s Real-Time Seller Survey presents a classic good news / bad news scenario. The good news is that homeowner confidence continues to rise—indicating a potential easing of tight inventory in the coming months. Read More
2013: Calling All Sellers! (Where are you?!?)
A typical real estate market moves like clockwork: listings decline in the fall and through the holidays, but when the calendar turns over to a new year—practically at the stroke of midnight the morning of January 1—the switch is flipped and new listings begin to increase, signaling the beginning of another home selling season. Despite… Read More
Which Neighborhoods Will Be the Hottest in 2013?
Most analysts now agree that 2012 was the bottom for the housing market, and 2013 is likely to usher in further gains in both home prices and sales, but not all neighborhoods are created equal. When you buy a home, you want to know that you’ll be moving into a desirable neighborhood. With more than… Read More
Sales Slip, Listings Plummet, but Home Prices Keep Rising as 2012 Concludes; Inventory Growth Key to 2013 Performance
Home prices, sales, and listings all fell between November and December as the housing market weathered the usually-slow holiday season with a smaller dip in prices than the same time a year ago. Listings continued to drop, falling to a level 33 percent below December 2011 and 44 percent below December 2010. Read More
Home Offers and Tours Come in Weak at the Close of 2012
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. January 2013 Redfin Real-Time Demand Pulse (December data) The Redfin Real-Time Demand Pulse shows mixed… Read More
Redfin on TechCrunch: The Maximum, Beautiful Product
Happy New Year! On the last day of 2012, Redfin published The Maximum, Beautiful Product, a TechCrunch post questioning whether the lean startup’s relentlessly incremental approach to shipping the minimum viable product is likely to lead to big technology breakthroughs: If Steve Jobs had shipped the minimum viable iPhone, might we have concluded that people… Read More