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Ten Tips for Buying New Construction
A lot of our customers ask what’s different about buying new construction.
First of all, you’re buying from the person who built it, not the person who called it home. Often, the property is just one of many they are trying to sell.
We asked our agents who specialize in new construction for the most important things […]
And The Leading Bookmarking Service Is”¦
In our last release we added a “Share on Facebook” link to our details pages that when hovered over brings up a menu from AddThis letting you bookmark the home to your favorite social bookmarking service.
Before launching the feature we debated what the top service would be. Glenn, voted for Delicious, I voted for […]
And The Leading Bookmarking Service Is”¦
In our last release we added a “Share on Facebook” link to our details pages that when hovered over brings up a menu from AddThis letting you bookmark the home to your favorite social bookmarking service.
Before launching the feature we debated what the top service would be. Glenn, voted for Delicious, I voted for […]
Will the Last High-Tech IPO Please Turn out the Lights?
Lots of prominent venture capitalists, including Fred Wilson and now Bill Gurley, are writing this week about the dearth of IPOs first reported by Matt Richtel in the New York Times. This quarter was the first since 1978 that a venture-financed company didn’t go public.
But the real headline isn’t the dearth itself, but the fact […]
Will the Last High-Tech IPO Please Turn out the Lights?
Lots of prominent venture capitalists, including Fred Wilson and now Bill Gurley, are writing this week about the dearth of IPOs first reported by Matt Richtel in the New York Times. This quarter was the first since 1978 that a venture-financed company didn’t go public.
But the real headline isn’t the dearth itself, but the fact […]
Survey Says”¦ Redfin’s Best-Kept Secret is Its Customer Service
Redfin surveys people every day, all day: when they tour homes, when they make offers, when they cancel listings, when they sell their house. It’s how we decide what to pay our agents, and how we figure out when we’re screwing up.
But for every thousand visitors we get to our site only a few end […]
Survey Says”¦ Redfin’s Best-Kept Secret is Its Customer Service
Redfin surveys people every day, all day: when they tour homes, when they make offers, when they cancel listings, when they sell their house. It’s how we decide what to pay our agents, and how we figure out when we’re screwing up.
But for every thousand visitors we get to our site only a few end […]
Fortune Favors the Bold: Redfin Expands to Chicago
Here in the wee hours of Thursday morning, Redfin is opening for business in Chicago. It’s our eighth market, but the first new one in nearly a year. And our fourth major release in the last five months.
I hadn’t realized until this week how much we’d all missed expanding. Over the winter, we got a […]
Fortune Favors the Bold: Redfin Expands to Chicago
Here in the wee hours of Thursday morning, Redfin is opening for business in Chicago. It’s our eighth market, but the first new one in nearly a year. And our fourth major release in the last five months.
I hadn’t realized until this week how much we’d all missed expanding. Over the winter, we got a […]
UP AND OVER, UP AND OVER COME ON!
Being on TV is a junkie kind of rush. Even if you’re as stuck up as I am about it, you fall into hoping TV’s magic will transform you during the broadcast into something larger than life. But then you get airbrushed with make-up (new for HD, it feels soft and good), the mic-man publicly […]



