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Redfin comes to Boston today (as quietly broadcasted Tuesday evening).

Redfin is the first major online real estate brokerage to open for business in Boston, with coverage across Essex, Norfolk, Middlesex and Suffolk counties, which includes Cambridge, Concord, Lowell, Newton, Marlborough and Stoughton. Boston is the first East Coast market Redfin has opened as part of a national expansion effort that began with its February launch in Southern California.

Earlier this week we had Glenn Kelman, Redfin’s CEO - HANGING Upside down in our office and we received emails from local brokers stating we should have just left him there. Thats not nice! Anyway we look forward in seeing how Redfin does right here in our backyard. Welcome Redfin Boston.
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More “MOVE’ing” news on REDFIN!!!

With a little pressure from MOVE.com giant (not surprised). Redfin changed its logo to avoid litigation threatened by Move.com (NASDAQ: MOVE), which holds a registered trademark over a symbol that, similar to the original Redfin logo, included a house within a circle. Hornall Anderson Design Works developed the new Redfin logo, which combines an image of a person, a house and a fruit-tree. Hornall Anderson also led the visual design of the new website.

“Beyond changes to Redfin.com’s visual design, we have made significant performance and usability improvements in this release,” said Redfin Chief Technology Officer Michael Young. “Building on the only site that offers comprehensive MLS listings, tax records, appraisals and property outlines, our charter has been to make the Redfin.com experience simpler, faster and available in more markets. Having done that, we can now look to add new search features and more data about each listing in future releases.”
ALL IN ALL - I think Glenn and his REDFIN’ers can thank MOVE for making Redfin and even better site!!!

‘MOVE over, Redin is here!’