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Monthly Market Update

The Market Spends Another Day In Its Bathrobe, But Feeling Better

Howdy Redfinnians! Time for our monthly tell-you-everything analysis of the real estate market! We just hit $5 billion in home sales, where Redfin agents represented either the buyer or the seller, all in our don’t-crowd-me-baby style. For every customer, deal or no deal, Redfin surveyed the customer and published the answer. And on every home, […]
Monthly Market Update

It’s Not a Monster Truck Rally, It’s A Real Estate Market

Big news Redfinnians! Redfin just raised $15 million, mostly on the strength of nice revenue growth and very, very happy customers. Since launching our service with one Seattle real estate agent in 2006, we’ve closed about $6 billion in home sales, with a customer satisfaction rate of 97%. Consumers have saved $85 million in commissions. […]

If U.S. real estate inventory is so "overwhelming," where is it all hiding?

While some housing pundits are talking about demand being “overwhelmed by supply” and others are throwing out estimates of an “excess supply” of over 3 million homes, buyers that we are serving across the country keep telling us the same thing over and over this spring: “Selection stinks!” Worse yet, when they do finally find […]

Buying from a Bank? Get Ready to Play Hardball.

If you've been shopping for a home lately, you've probably encountered more than a few listings that are either bank-owned (REO) or short sales. What kinds of things could we learn about distressed sales that would really help a buyer who is thinking of making an offer on one?
Monthly Market Update

Insider Report Roundup: A Chilly January for Sellers & Buyers

Earlier this week we published another round of Insider Reports on our local blogs in Seattle, the Bay Area, Washington/Baltimore, Chicago, and new this month: Boston. Our local experts around the country combined a look into Redfin’s vast database of market data with the read from our agents in the field to bring you the […]
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