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New Features: Fixer-uppers and Zillow Integration
The Redfin engineers have been hard at work this past month and I’m sure we all took advantage of this weekend’s rain to spend a few days indoors catching up on some much-needed sleep. Now what were we so busy working on? Helping you find bargains With the real estate market slowing down and the
Redfin Launches “Meet the Agents”
Over the past few months, we’ve had the opportunity to hear from a lot of our customers both via email and focus groups. One of the most common requests that we get is from customers who want the opportunity to meet our agents in person. While you can talk to one of our incredibly dedicated
How to Get a Job at Redfin
Redfin has been hiring like crazy. Actually, we’ve just been interviewing like crazy. Actually, we’ve been going crazy trying to hire people. Want a job at Redfin? There are a few things we’d like you to know first: –> We’ve hired a competitive bodybuilder as our recruiter. Do not mess with her. –> We’ve gone
Introducing First-to-Know
How do you sell a home that isn’t for sale? Today, we’re trying to find out, as the first step in a program called First to Know. The home-for-sale-that-isn’t-for-sale is a Capitol Hill condo here in Seattle. The condo owner, Eugene Lin, wants to gauge market demand. So he took some snaps and wrote up
The Hall of Shame
In the early, crazy days of Redfin Direct, when the whole office went bananas every time we got an offer (which was usually bogus, and was often breathlessly announced in the middle of a meeting with skeptical venture capitalists), we encountered plenty of resistance from listing agents. Some called customers about to close on a
Buying Houses That Aren’t For Sale
A Finnish company called Igglo has launched a site like Redfin’s, except that it allows home buyers to make bids on unlisted properties. You browse a map to identify a property in which you’re interested, then make a bid. Home-owners who visit Igglo can then see what people think their house is worth, and even
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