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• Redfin

  Published: August 4, 2007, 4:58 pm

  Tags: Financial, Business, Real Estate, Commission Back, Loverboys, Mypartyfusion, Paperwork, Real Estate Agent, Red Toube, Redfin, Www Redtube

  Redfin, so who are they? Redfin is an online real estate agent but they work way different then the normal online real estate agent. Redfin handles all your paperwork so you only have find the home you want to buy and Redfin does the paperwork for your offer once the transcation is done they will give part of the commission back. Redfin’s

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• Guest Post: Why do traditional Realtors despise discounters?

  Published: September 5, 2007, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Real Estate Musings, Bloodhound Realty, Discount Real Estate, Greg Swann, Real Estate Commissions, Realtors, Redfin

  buyer’s agents like Redfin.com or Buyside.com. Their vaunted cost savings come not from their technology, nor even from picking the low-hanging fruit of well-prepared buyers. The savings they pass on to the buyer come from pushing the costs of buyer representation onto the listing agent. Here traditional real estate is hoist on its own

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• Highly Entertaining: Realtors Suing Other Realtors

  Published: September 28, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Company Amp 038 Product Profiles, Activerain, Move Com, Redfin

  interview with 60 Minutes, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman said that Real Estate is by far the most screwed up industry in America. That may or may not be true, but one thing is certain: a lot of people have had negative experiences with realtors and wish there was a better way to buy and sell houses. And whenever we write about how screwed up

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• Redfin's shaky real-estate math [Real Estate]

  Published: January 31, 2008, 6:40 pm

  Tags: Real Estate, Redfin

  real-estate brokerage Redfin has revamped its website, promising "freakish depth" of data about neighborhood home sales. If only it provided such rich, clear data about its own finances. The company is notable for kicking back two-thirds of the commission it earns back to buyers, keeping a third to fund its operations According to an

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• Growth Business: Redfin Moves into REO Listings

  Published: April 30, 2008, 2:31 pm

  Tags: Featured Front, Origination, Servicing Default, Redfin

  Online real estate brokerage Redfin.com said Wednesday that it launched a new version of its Web service that combines bank-owned foreclosure and for-sale-by-owner listings, along with more traditional broker-listed properties from various local Multiple Listing Services (MLS) in the markets the company serves. In a press statement, Redfin said

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• Redfin Co-Founder and Ex-Zillowite to Launch Fridge Door

  Published: June 20, 2008, 11:48 am

  Tags: Zillow, Fridge Door, Redfin

  Dougherty, who co-founded Redfin and was then at Zillow, will be launching a new start-up called Fridge Door. SeattlePI.com says the start-up will not be in the real estate space but rather the “personal communications space.” I am also guessing that Fridge Door will not be the name used for the start-up after launch considering

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• How Accurate Are Listings On Real Estate Sites?

  Published: August 22, 2008, 10:47 am

  Tags: Company Amp 038 Product Profiles, Redfin, Roost, Trulia, Zillow

  sites like Roost and Redfin may have more listings in the markets they serve, but they don’t serve every market yet. For instance, in San Diego, Redfin tracks 6,300 homes for sale, better even than Roost. Yet neither has any listings in New York, and Redfin only has 473,000 listings total. Yet Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman also balked at

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• A Great New Way to Search for Old Homes

  Published: September 6, 2008, 2:16 pm

  Tags: Buying An Old House, Real Estate Search Engine, Redfin Com

  search engine this week - redfin.com . This site gathers so much of the information I’ve been using two or three sites to research in one easy place. Tax records, previous sales info and more all right there. I absolutely love how fast and easy it is to use! No more finding a house that looks promising and opening the state real property

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