Housing Market

Happiness is Inevitable, Too (Even in Real Estate)

Big news Redfinnians! Redfin upgraded its service, so you can meet your Redfin agent from the first tour, and he always sees your house. You still get an agent paid to put customers ahead of commissions, digital convenience the whole way through a deal, but now also a face-to-face relationship with your Redfin agent. What […]
Monthly Market Update

Inventory Shortage: Move Along; Nothing to See Here

We’ve written about feisty buyers, shown data on multiple offers and told the story of Mid-Peninsula Madness. That opened up the floodgates, and now we’re hearing from our agents across the country: Buyers are frustrated with the lack of homes on the market, and the few sellers out there are using scarcity to their advantage. […]

Serious Buyers Likely on the Sidelines for Super Bowl Weekend

photo by Giovanni Arteaga on Flickr Rumor has it a few people in the United States aren’t going to be glued to a TV this Sunday afternoon for four quarters of football. So if you’re selling your home, should you cancel your party plans if an agent calls and wants to show your place? Redfin […]
Predictions

2011 Prices Down, 2012 Hopes Up

Happy new year Redfinnians! One more little gift under the tree for you! Just in time for the holidays, we released Redfin for iPad! Like a magnificent medieval triptych, the app has a three-in-one interface — a map, a kaleidoscope of listing photos, a single house in all its glory — all in one screen. […]

Should I Wait Until Spring to List My Home?

Recently we decided to dig into the data to see if it supported our feeling that winter is the best time to buy, and the worst time to sell. However, when we got the results we discovered that our assumptions were dead wrong.
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