People in the friendliest city in the U.S. can now buy and sell homes with the friendliest real estate agents because Redfin is now serving Charleston! With its historic architecture, world-class arts scene and trend-setting restaurants, we can’t get enough of Charleston, either! So while you’re out strolling on the beach or playing a round of golf, you can check out the Redfin online and mobile tools to search for any home on the market.
Redfin has a unique approach that combines technology and top-notch customer service to create a better real estate experience. Redfin technology empowers both our agents and customers with information and tools that make the home-buying and selling process more efficient, less stressful and more fun.
Redfin real estate agents spend zero time looking for new business. This means we can focus all our time on delivering great service while helping clients buy or sell their homes. This efficiency enables Redfin to pass savings on to our clients.
Redfin refunds its home-buying clients a portion of the buyer’s agent commission at closing. For example, a homebuyer purchasing a $300,000 home with a Redfin agent in Charleston would receive a refund of over $1,500. Redfin charges sellers a 1.5 percent listing fee instead of the typical 3 percent, while providing a beginning-to-end home-selling service, from pricing and staging advice and professional photography through the negotiation and closing processes. Someone selling a $300,000 home with a Redfin agent would save $4,500. To date, Redfin has saved our customers more than $200 million in real estate fees.
Like other Redfin real estate agents across the country, agents in Charleston earn a salary and receive health care and other benefits. Redfin agents’ bonus pay is based on customer satisfaction, not just commission.
To launch and grow the brokerage locally, Redfin has hired Stephen Kiner as team lead. He has more than two decades of experience in real estate sales, development and property management and has been in the area for 10 years.
“Charleston’s strong technology industry and friendly, laid-back culture of Southern hospitality make it a natural fit for Redfin,” Kiner said. “Redfin was built on the value of putting the customer first. That means we advise our customers as we would our best friend. We let them know when we think a house is a home run, but we’re also the first to say when it’s time to move on from a house that isn’t the one.”
Stephen is already touring homes with buyers and guiding them through the offer, negotiation and closing processes, and helping people sell their homes. He’s looking forward to sharing Redfin with the community and encourages anyone who’s interested in more information to reach out to him directly, schedule a tour or start a conversation about your home’s value. Redfin.com and the Redfin mobile apps also offer several ways to find out about homes for sale and what the local market is like even before you’re ready to take the leap into the housing market, including:
- Instant Tour Scheduling: Ability to instantly schedule a home tour with a Redfin agent with a single click from a browser, iPhone, iPad or Android app.
- Instant Updates: Smartphone or email notifications when new homes are listed or when prices drop.
- Redfin Hot Homes: Proprietary algorithm that indicates which homes for sale are likely to sell within two weeks.
- Redfin Home Value Tool: A more accurate way to find out what your home is worth using self-selected comparable homes for sale in your market.
- Search by School: Shows all the homes for sale served by a certain school with one easy search.
- Tour and Offer Insights: Real-time statistics and notes from Redfin agents about thousands of homes and offers.
- Redfin 3D Walkthrough: High-resolution, interactive views from every angle inside homes listed with a Redfin agent. (coming soon)
- Redfin Matchmaker: Software that recommends unexpected listings to Redfin clients.
- Deal Room: A real-time guide through the closing process, including milestones, deadlines and tasks.
- Redfin Open Book: Reviews of lenders, inspectors and title companies for buyers and handymen, stagers and more with feedback from Redfin agents.
We’re looking forward to meeting you! Stay tuned for an announcement about our first free home-buying class in Charleston.
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