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Redfin Brings Progressive Real Estate Brokerage, Industry-Leading Website and Mobile Apps to the Piedmont Triad Region in North CarolinaRedfin (www.redfin.com), the next-generation real estate brokerage, today announced the debut of its home-buying and selling services in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad Region, including Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point. In addition to working with local, Redfin-employed real estate agents, people can search Redfin.com and the Redfin iOS and Android (News - Alert) apps for all the agent-listed homes for sale in the greater Triad region. "Since launching Redfin in Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham more than two years ago, we've learned that North Carolinians love our website, technology and working with our real estate agents," said Julie McGee Sharpe, a Redfin North Carolina market manager. "We're excited to join the real estate and tech communities in the Triad. I think people there will embrace our one-of-a-kind approach to real estate." Helping people buy and sell homes in Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point is Redfin agent Tracy Edwards, who will also help grow the brokerage in the area. She comes to Redfin from Coldwell Banker's local office. Redfin began in Seattle in 2006 with the mission to reinvent real estate to benefit consumers. It has steadily expanded to more than 75 major U.S. cities. The Redfin model is different from traditional brokerages in how it combines its advanced technology with full-service agents who are paid a salary, receive benefits and earn bonuses based on customer satisfaction. All reviews for every Redfin agent are published on their online profiles. Because most of Redfin's customers discover the company through its website, Redfin agents spend all their time working with existing clients and zero time looking for new business. As a result, Redfin operates very efficiently, and can pass along savings to its clients. For buyers, Redfin refunds part of the buyer's agent commission. For example, someone buying a $300,000 home in the Triad with a Redfin agent would receive a refund of over $1,300 at closing. For sellers, Redfin agents charge a 1.5 percent listing fee rather than the typical 3 percent while providing the complete home-selling service, including pricing and staging advice as well as free professional photography and marketing. Someone selling a $300,000 home with a Redfin agent would save $4,500. To date, Redfin has saved its buying and selling customers more than $200 million in real estate fees. With the arrival of Redfin comes a host of technology features that benefit both website users and brokerage clients:
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Facebook About Redfin Redfin (www.redfin.com) is a next-generation real estate brokerage that represents people buying and selling homes. Founded by technologists, Redfin employs a team of experienced, full-service real estate agents who are advocates, not salespeople, earning customer-satisfaction bonuses, not just commissions. Redfin.com features all the broker-listed homes for sale, as well as for-sale-by-owner properties that don't pay brokers a commission. Redfin also offers online tools, built by its own software engineers, that make the entire process of buying or selling a home easier and more fun. The company serves major markets across the U.S. and has closed nearly $20 billion in home sales. In 2012, Redfin was named one of The DIGITAL 100: World's Most Valuable Private Tech Companies by Business Insider. View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150828005077/en/ |
