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2009 

We're very excited to announce that the Redfin iPhone app is now available for download from the App store! We're not the first real estate app out there but we think it was worth the wait. What makes our app stand out? MLS Data: See all the homes for sale from the local MLSes. Plus FSBOs and ban...
08/31/2009
A question that has come up a few times on Active Rain is, “how does Redfin offer a rebate with FHA financing?” Firstly, we're fully compliant with the FHA regulations. We sign the FHA Amendatory Clause [pdf] document, we attach our buyer's agency agreement which spells out how the rebate works, ...
08/26/2009
With the same enthusiasm that we've brought to building the best real estate search experience we're now tackling real estate education in order to demystify the real estate process for customers. We started this push by launching the Redfin Forums, a place for customers to help each other out (s...
08/25/2009
We were excited to wake up and find out today that Redfin made Time Magazine's 50 Best Websites 2009. In the write-up they say: Disintermediation — another SAT word whizzing around the Web — means removing the middleman, and that's the strategy of real estate site Redfin, which aims to do to Real...
08/24/2009
Today I spoke at Inman Connect's internet marketing workshop on optimizing for conversion. I believe Redfin is pretty well qualified to speak on the subject since our only source of customers is our website (crazy, I know) Our agents do no offline or traditional marketing and in fact we also don'...
08/07/2009
A bunch of us are headed down to San Francisco for Inman Connect 2009. We're fortunate to have a few speaking opportunities so come listen or heckle at the following times: Mobile App Development for Real Estate - Wednesday, 8:30 - Sasha Aickin, our engineer manager Optimizing Your Site for Conve...
08/04/2009
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