Redfin really is a great real-estate app. A few years ago, I shopped for a home in an area that Redfin serviced. The data they had and the way the presented i

Redfin really is a great real-estate app. A few years ago, I shopped for a home in an area that Redfin serviced. The data they had and the way the presented it made it easy to find the house we wanted, and figure out what we would be comfortable paying for it. A few weeks ago we closed on a house in a non-Redfin serviced area. The shopping experience was night and day. Here, none of the local MLS databases, or Zillow or Truila, list things like past purchase prices, and even generally hide past listing prices. I'm not sure if that has to do with local regulations here (ID) vs. the last place we tried to buy a house (CA), or if it's something specific to Redfin. Either way, buying a house in a non-Redfin service area involved quite a few extra trips to the local courthouse, and made me really appreciate the data it offers.