Over on the national blog, we just posted another big analysis of hundreds of thousands of listings and sales. Here are the numbers for Chicago, where winter is still a winning time to list your home for a quick sale, a better chance of selling, and a better price: Read More
It’s time for our monthly check-in of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). The Case-Shiller data is generally considered to be the most reliable measure of overall home price changes for a region, since they only consider repeat sales of homes when calculating their index, instead of looking at all the homes that sold in… Read More
Big news, Chicago! We’re upgrading our service in the Windy City. Now, whenever you sign up to tour a home or meet an agent, the agent who negotiates your deal will also be the one who sees you through the whole process: They’ll meet you on the first tour, see the home and come to… Read More
It’s time for our monthly check-in of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). The Case-Shiller data is generally considered to be the most reliable measure of overall home price changes for a region, since they only consider repeat sales of homes when calculating their index, instead of looking at all the homes that sold in… Read More
Greetings, Redfinnians! This month we rolled out a new and improved version of our monthly insider report. “But where is it,” you ask. Ahh, well this new report is available via email-only, and was sent out to a group of registered users who have saved searches or favorites in select neighborhoods. We’ll be expanding the… Read More
Greetings Redfinnians, The end of the summer in Chicago has been a mixed bag. While many would-be purchasers are sitting on the sidelines, waiting to see a bottom, others see opportunity. As Chicago agent Greg Whelan notes: “Investors are purchasing one property after another.” Inventory Languishing Through Summer Regardless of motive, most buyers have the… Read More
Before we get going with this month’s Case-Shiller post, I’d like to apologize for the lack of an update last month. Long story short, this particular duty slipped through the cracks while I was out on leave. We heard from a number of readers who were lamenting the missing post. Rest assured, we have heard… Read More
Redfin Chicago-area agent Greg Whelan ranks #5, Patrick Lusk ranks #12 and David Yocum ranks #18 out of all 10,514 buyer’s agents who closed deals in the greater Chicago area for April, May & June 2011! We pulled these numbers from MRED, the database for real estate transactions and listings in Illinois and ranked agents who represented… Read More
It’s time for our monthly check-in of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). The Case-Shiller data is generally considered to be the most reliable measure of overall home price changes for a region, since they only consider repeat sales of homes when calculating their index, instead of looking at all the homes that sold in… Read More
In case you missed it over on the corporate blog, Redfin has just launched our Android app! (And there was much rejoicing.) Android fans have been very, very vocal about wanting their own Redfin app, and thanks to the hard work of a crack team of engineers, the day has arrived. Go find out more!… Read More