In a board call last month, I finally told everyone that the commission savings that Redfin offers home sellers and home buyers dramatically lowers our profits margins and there is no evidence that it drives more revenue. We have, I told our investors, given away $100 million because of my irrational belief that Redfin was […]
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Redfin’s mobile real estate apps team has been firing on all cylinders, burning the proverbial midnight oil, working non-proverbial nights and weekends. The upshot is that we’ve released an upgrade today to our iPad App and our iPhone App that will give you faster access to even more beautiful home detail pages. It comes down
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To be the best brokerage, you have to hire and train the best agents. This is Redfin’s goal. In our mind, the best agent is the one who gives the best service, not gets the most clients. This is why we survey the past clients of every agent who wants to work here, to ask
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Redfin is testing a new website feature today only that makes home buying almost foolishly easy. It’s called 2-Click Purchase, and it gives Redfin customers the option to become a home owner with just two mouse clicks. For one day only, our devil-may-care customers can make potentially the most important financial decision of their lives
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Chris Roske, Redfin’s director of finance, recently sent me a letter explaining how Redfin should be more like Costco. I think the letter’s pretty good even though I disagree with a few points (Costco does send a ton of direct mail and I think its overhead costs for website development should actually be higher because
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