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Redfin Agents Arrive in Cincinnati, Louisville and Salt Lake City
What do Cincinnati, Louisville and Salt Lake City have in common? Not a whole lot until today when they officially become home to Redfin agents, who are paid based on customer satisfaction! People in these areas can now search for homes on Redfin.com and the Redfin iOS and Android apps.
Redfin Shared Search Makes It Easy for Spouses, Agents and Parents to Work Together on a House Hunt
Today Redfin launched Shared Search, a feature that makes it easy for people who are shopping for a home together to save, share and comment on their favorite homes.
Hundreds Gather for Discussion on Housing Affordability in Seattle
Redfin Chief Economist Nela Richardson joined a four-person panel at the University of Washington on Tuesday to address the topic of housing affordability.
Draw Your Own Search Is Here!
On the Redfin iPhone app, you can now draw a line around where you want to search for homes. This means you can narrow down the results to include homes for sale in the exact areas where you want to live, not just in a certain neighborhood or ZIP code.
Redfin Arrives in Southern Maine!
You can now work with a local Redfin agent to buy and sell homes in the southern part of the state, including Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Kennebunk, Biddeford, Augusta and the lakes region area. You can also use the Redfin online and mobile tools to search for any home on the market.
Redfin for Apple Watch Gives “Having Your Pulse on the Market” a Whole New Meaning
We’re thrilled to announce that Redfin is among the apps Apple Watch users can experience when the device becomes available on April 24, just as the real estate market is heating up. Here’s how you can use the Redfin app for Apple Watch to find your dream home and make it your own, while you’re on the go:
Which Areas Will Be Most Affected by Lending Policy Changes?
Over the weekend, the U.S. stopped guaranteeing big loans in expensive cities, and ever since the folks in real estate have been holding our breaths to see the market’s reaction. Now Redfin has released new data showing which areas are most vulnerable to the policy change.
Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
Whoa nelly! Redfin just released Redfin Scouting Report, offering Redfin users and customers free performance statistics on more than one million real estate agents: how many homes
More Gadgets, Please
On hearing this week that Barnes & Noble stock traded up on 140% growth for its e-book reader, the Nook, I had only one thought:
Now You Can Buy Short Sales with Redfin
In the wee hours of the morning we released our latest Redfin upgrade; not only did we upgrade our site, but our service, too. Now,
Right Now, It’s All About the Inventory (August 2011 Roundup)
Every month, Redfin publishes two newsletters on real estate prices. One, usually published on the last Tuesday of every month, is a Redfin Roundup, which
My Critic, Steve Jobs
I have sometimes been a critic of Steve Jobs: for outsourcing manufacturing, overlooking charities, diverting idealists, sidestepping the web or simply demanding the best. But long before