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Something I’ve Been Meaning to Say for A Long Time
For no real reason, a San Diego Sweet Digs blogger attacked real estate broker Kris Berg today. The contract blogger, a usually kind person who
Boston Real Estate: Not Clinically Depressed, Just a Split Personality
Chris Glew – Redfin Advantage essayist and Boston hockey fan – stopped another fur-flying meeting in its tracks last week with an arresting observation. He
Men Like Ravenous Fishes Feed on One Another
Redfin Short Sale Policy Update: We’re sorry, Redfin no longer tours or services offers on short sales. Like the bad-news boyfriend you can’t cut loose
At Last, The Outrage is Over (Introducing Redfin Select)
Evan, one of several old roommates who still put me up on visits to San Francisco, is perhaps the most dignified person I know. He
The Redfin Advantage: Bigger, Broader, Higher Statistical Confidence
April 24, 2008 addition: Redfin is correcting how it calculates the weighted average in the Redfin Advantage report. Greg Wharton, the general counsel at my
Syndicate Redfin Listings in WordPress
Our very own PM, Matt Goyer, recently setup his Seattle condos WordPress blog to include a syndication of new Redfin listings. We thought it would
Boilerplate JDBC Wrapper
Boilerplate code to wrap implementations of important JDBC interfaces
Real Estate Confidential: What I Learned About How the Industry Really Works
You know those movies where someone accidentally discovers the truth behind a great secret, in a warehouse of UFOs or a file on who shot
When Bad Companies Do Good Things
Entrepreneurs often ask me where good ideas come from. My answer usually is from bad companies. The most obvious example of this is Facebook. MySpace
Knowers and Learners
At breakfast earlier this month, my friend Roy Gilbert made an offhand reference to two types of people, knowers and learners. It was a distinction
Redfin Now Showing 700% More Foreclosed Homes
Last night, we flipped the switch on a different data source that gives us a more complete picture of the number of foreclosed homes that
The Double-Dip (Probably) Stops Dipping in March (Feb. 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
