HousingJan 16, 2023
MicrosoftsycmreSlim

Redfin prices shifted?

A house I saw that was valued at 900K about 6 months ago is worth 800K now. But in the price history never actually shows the previous 900K price. It is like the whole trendline shifted downwards. Anyone else see this?

Amazon visionvrp Jan 16, 2023

Redfin graph never goes down, they readjust whole curve to give illusion that market always go up

Microsoft sycmreSlim OP Jan 16, 2023

Oh that is sneaky

NVIDIA Qh4# Jan 16, 2023

Yes this is what I noticed too. Shady practice! Just observe your home (or any home) overtime and notice how redfin adjust the curve. Historical redfin estimates are not constants!

Microsoft p4n44 Jan 16, 2023

Redfin shows the price history for some houses and for some its disappeared. Maybe a bug on their end?

Amazon Godofamz Jan 16, 2023

Agreed OP, I thought it's a bug... 🐛🪲 But seems like redfin intentionally does it.. Not sure if this is fair and legal..as they are misguiding the market🤷‍♂️

Microsoft fghbjbv Jan 16, 2023

Yes. I reported this to Redfin two years ago. They said they will investigate. Now it’s still like that. So it did mean that’s their intention.

Qualcomm T050 Jan 16, 2023

Not redfin. Its MLS removes on owner request.

Amazon Zxc31U$ Jan 16, 2023

Nope, the estimate belongs to Redfin, they can show it whenever and however they want.

Meta gyt32H Jan 16, 2023

It’s Redfin driven. They want to create illusion that market always goes up. It’s in their favor to spread that viewpoint.

Amazon Zxc31U$ Jan 16, 2023

It is deliberate for sure, can only be for their benefit. Zillow shows it as is, but only for active homes.

Amazon grgr77 Jan 16, 2023

housing only goes up

Google Mr.White! Jan 16, 2023

Redfin makes the graphs always in upward trend and I have noticed that a million times. It’s definitely intentional and misleading. See Zillow instead

Google WHwQ36 Jan 16, 2023

Indeed, it’s evil and to give the false sense that housing only goes up.

Redfin redballs Jan 18, 2023

Folks in product and design fought to have it make sense and work as you would expect (graph shows prices as they were reported at that time) when the feature was initially released, but we were overridden by leadership.

Microsoft CXqG86 Jan 16, 2023

I have noticed this before. So search the same house on Zillow and you will know the past value .

Precisely orYy87 Jan 16, 2023

Redfin is showing both actual sold price and its estimate at that time, which most likely will be lower due to the graph adjustments. Anyone reading that will feel terrible believing they "overpaid" 😂

McKinsey WUAL77 Jan 16, 2023

I have noticed the same, very shady practice indeed