By The Tim on February 12, 2013
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin and WaLaw Realty is a Seattle Bubble advertiser. A reader wrote in with the following question about real estate agent commissions: In the near future my wife and I are going to need to sell our respective homes and then buy a new home. This means a [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged 500 Realty, commission, discount brokers, Findwell, reader_question, Redfin, WaLaw
By The Tim on September 8, 2009
This is a guest post from Kevin Lisota of Findwell Real Estate. The Bay Area may still have more tech companies than Seattle, but we definitely seem to be leading the way in real estate tech, with four local companies now offering iPhone apps for real estate search. Unfortunately I don’t have an iPhone, so [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged Coldwell, Findwell, iPhone, JohnLScott, Redfin, Zillow
By The Tim on August 5, 2009
Couple of interesting developments in local real estate search this week. First up, local discount brokerage Findwell (a Seattle Bubble advertiser) announced today that they are partnering with Estately to provide a more user-friendly search experience. Sounds like it should be a good match for both parties. A good search tool was the one (big) [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Estately, Findwell, Rain City Guide, real estate search
By The Tim on May 31, 2009
Kevin Lisota of Findwell sent me a heads up about a rule clarification sent out today by the NWMLS to all their members: Short Sales: Status Change Required after Mutual Acceptance Rule 120 (b) requires the listing office to timely report the mutual acceptance of a purchase and sale agreement for a short sale as [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Findwell, NWMLS, pending, short sales
By The Tim on November 10, 2008
As the housing market has slowed dramatically from the heady boom years of 2005 and 2006, the number of discount real estate brokers has been on the rise. While Redfin made a big splash in 2004, and continues to be the discount market leader, as the market tumbles other competitors continue to crop up. As [...]
Posted in News | Tagged 500 Realty, discount brokers, Findwell, Redfin
