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Redfin is 1000 times better than Realtor.com, I wonder if there's another business model that could monetize Redfin's software better?

I checked Homes only in Redfin, so if I checked Homes and Condos in Redfin then I get 415 units (2 units must have been snapped up in the meantime!)

Minor correction, for homes greater than 1500 sf and under $2 million (same as IPO's criteria), Redfin shows only 241 homes currently listed, which is a 2.8 month supply.

Your site shows 4 more escrows opened today 10/14/08 and a total of 39 escrows opened so far in the first 14 days of October, so October is on pace to be about the same as the 84 escrows opened in September. With 288 homes listed in Irvine according to Redfin, that's only a 3 1/2 month supply...

Ipo, you show a handful of escrows (3 or 4) that started back in June/July, why wouldn't they have closed by now? Are they still likely to go through?

Starting a couple weeks ago, seems like they are starting construction of the Orchard Hills school site above Settler's Park, with the sounds of construction activity and equipment firing up every morning also around 7am.

The new construction next to the gas station at OH will be a new McDonalds.

SC, your buyer's loan went through at the time the banks and stock markets started collapsing, other than the PMI issue, did the "credit crunch" affect the buyer's ability to get the loan in any way?

I learned something new, that you can ask as part of the sales contract to have the deposit wired into your account after contingencies are removed. Is this a standard practice these days? It would have been helpful for our peace of mind when we sold our second house a few years ago. The sale...

quick question IPO, what is the difference between "pending sale" and "in escrow" on your website?

what was the jumbo interest rate at wells fargo last week?

It was a complete surprise to have authentic tasty delicious dumplings at the shopping center off Jeffrey and Trabuco, it's called TriValley Restaurant, in the Kohls shopping center, next to Quizno's, La Salsa, Albertson's. Lots of Chinese families enjoying the dishes in the outside patio...

there's a road by desert hot springs, dillon road, that's like a roller coaster, up and down, unbelievably fun for a few miles.

It's great to read this recent topic on the Plaza highrise. I've always been interesting in the Marquee and Plaza highrises (they were attention-getters that initially attracted me to Irvine), but the high prices turned me off. However, if prices drop to levels where the towers fulfil their...

I've driven around PS but don't remember these houses. Are they near the Paloma development? How much are they asking for the models? How big are the homes? Any floorplans with the master bedroom on the first level?

Most "old-timers" don't like the idea of "foreign" blood, whether Chinese or Italian or African or Muslim, but as people are more removed from the "old country" like their kids or grandkids growing, who get more educated or more assimilated (the two probably go hand in hand), then they seem to...

I probably wrote this on IHB before but I'll be happy to say it again...:) The typical argument for actively managed funds is there is the possibility a fund manager can beat the benchmark, but in reality, they're all about the same. So with appreciation being the same more or less, the...

About Asian parents that don't know English but emphasize schooling, see this youtube video, it's one of the most seen/commented videos on youtube; satirical but every Asian can relate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKnloiM-0Ns <object width="325" height="250"><embed...

substitute "money pit" for asset and it might be even more accurate. Not only are you paying around 7% interest these days on a mortgage, you are paying 1% to 2% on property taxes, plus ongoing maintenance and occasional remodeling and furnishings, and you're looking at close to a 10% annual...