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First Broad Price Increase Seen in Case-Shiller Index
Case-Shiller data for June 2009 came out this morning. Once we adjust for seasonality — home prices tend to increase in the summer — we
Are Listing Agents Hurting Their Clients by Hiding Addresses?
At Redfin, we’ve long been opposed to dual agency, where the same agent represents both seller and buyer. This hasn’t always been an easy call
Redfin's July Newsletter…
Redfin sends out a monthly newsletter that digests all the real estate news from 20 – 30 sources into one portrait of what’s going on
What Would Apple Do? Don't Ask
For years, it has been fashionable for business-people to approach any problem — choking baby, lonely Friday, cold soup, global warming — by asking Jeff
Is It User-Friendly or Google-Friendly?
In what became the most-discussed post of the day, a mystery author argued yesterday on TechCrunch for regulating Google’s algorithm for ranking search results and
The Naked Truth is Out: Redfin is Profitable
The Naked Truth is over. Every terrace of the Olympic Sculpture Park was packed. All the panelists were mobbed. And we announced our big news:
BREAKING NEWS: Jamie DeMichele Wins Redfin's Strongest-Man Competition
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:30 a.m., some of Redfin’s finest physical specimens have been stripping down to our under-shirts to compete in the
Start Spreading the News… Redfin Comes to New York and Sacramento!
Start spreading the news! The Redfin spaceship landed yesterday in Long Island and Westchester County in New York as well as California’s Central Valley, including
How We Roll…
**April 29, 2009 Ride Canceled Due to Rain** First there were the Redfin cycling jerseys. Then the chatty rides around Mercer Island on Wednesday mornings,
Big Redfin Survey: Even More Than Service, Real Estate Consumers Want Transparency
Every few months, Redfin surveys the folks using our site to try to understand how real estate consumers move between online and offline worlds, so
Mortgage Brokers or Lenders? Depends on Whom You Ask…
If Redfin is going to offer the best service in our markets, our agents have to know more about real estate, which means we have
Begging and Choosing
Fred Wilson talked the other day about the importance of choosing a group of venture capitalists who like working together. It reminded me of how
