It’s no secret that Laurie Nixon is one of the best agents around. Ask her clients, and they’ll tell you that not only is she knowledgeable, hard-working and someone who aggressively advocates for her clients’ best interest, but she is also patient and gives great advice. Laurie joined Redfin in 2009 as a Field Agent, helping… Read More
A couple weeks ago, we blogged up the Best of @REConfidential, our tell-all Twitter feed that chronicles the strange and funny things our agents encounter on a daily basis. What we didn’t mention is that a vast majority of the bizarre stuff we’ve been tweeting comes straight from our Chicago agents. What is it about… Read More
Like several markets across the country, Austin has seen a shortage of inventory combined with soaring demand, resulting in rampant bidding wars. So, as we were preparing to launch our Austin market back in April, we had a feeling that our first Austin agent Cyndy Stewart and her team had better arm themselves for the onslaught of… Read More
On Sunday, Jamie Smith Hopkins welcomed The Baltimore Sun’s readers to the “post-bubble, post-bust housing market.” What does she mean by that? It’s an awkward situation where buyers like our client David Igla enter what they assume to be a buyer’s market—a logical assumption given that we are just getting out of an economic recession… Read More
In our last few blog posts on this issue, we’ve been hesitant to pop the champagne bottles and fully celebrate the increased inventory we’ve been seeing this spring. All we really had to compare it to was last year’s dreadful winter, and we just didn’t want to get our hopes up. But this month, there’s… Read More
The last few months have seen a slow and steady decline in the number of single family home sales in both Nassau and Suffolk counties, with year-long lows in both areas. What’s causing the drop? It’s not just that inventory is low, which is the story in many other markets. In New York, we can’t… Read More
Hooray! Eighteen months after launching our website and mobile tools for Austin, Redfin has begun offering Austin service from our own Austin-based agents. Now Austinites can buy or sell a home via a Redfin agent paid based on customer satisfaction, and armed with the latest technology for scheduling tours, pricing homes, optimizing listing traffic and collaborating… Read More
What’s new in the March stats and trends? Not much, as the story continues to be that of low inventory and bidding wars on hot, well-priced homes. While the number of homes for sale in Cook County was up 8% month-over-month, the jump in demand outpaced that of supply, as the number of homes sold… Read More
Year-over-year, the number of single family homes for sale in Middlesex County increased by a normally substantial 30%, but as we said last month, the big jump is more a reminder of last year’s terrible winter than a representation of what a fantastic spring we’re having. With sales on the rise from last year (by… Read More
The housing market in the LA area is looking like a Soviet grocery store to a lot of buyers right now: Empty shelves and a lot of hands grabbing for what’s there. And while it’s true that the inventory is down sharply, there are still gems that are being listed. The only problem is that… Read More