Big news! Redfin upgraded its website last night to improve the performance of map-based search, which is quite zippy now. The site has been creaking under the load of more than a million new visitors this spring, so you’ll see more performance improvements over the next few months. The site also looks a little different… Read More
Redfin has hardly been an advocate for real estate tax credits. When the original first-time home-buyer credit was set to expire last November, we urged Congress to let it expire. But now that the federal credit has finally expired, the $24,000 question is how the market will respond. It will take months to sort this… Read More
“Stronger than any referral I’ve ever received, from an ad or anything else” is what Redfin partner agent Nancy (who has over 20 years of experience!) excitedly called to tell our Seattle broker Kevin today about the tour requests she received so far. After a Wednesday launch we’re already off to a roaring start with… Read More
After Tuesday’s announcement of a monster $800 billion stimulus package led to the largest mortgage-rate drop in seven years, on the same day that the latest Case Shiller data showed the largest-ever year-over-year drop in home prices, we wondered if more home-buyers might start poking at Redfin’s site. So I just checked Google Analytics, which… Read More
I remember exactly where I was when I got the news that the Boston-area MLS — the database that brokers use to share listings — would allow Redfin to drop its registration requirement: sitting at my desk, reading ESPN.com while I fondled a Rubik’s cube (world record for solving, 9.86 seconds). I remember running down… Read More