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The Best Blog Post I’ve Read in a Long Time
Anyone who reads this blog even casually knows that Union Square Venture’s Fred Wilson is one of my favorite bloggers. He somehow writes every day,
What Starbucks Learned About Learning
As part of our 2010 brown-bag series of workshops, Redfin on Friday hosted Christine McHugh to talk about what she learned about training folks in
Synchronous/Asynchronous Switching with Varnish
When your webapp is serving up content that’s expensive to generate, you may want to serve it up asynchronously- via AJAX calls. This is particularly
The Hangover
Redfin has hardly been an advocate for real estate tax credits. When the original first-time home-buyer credit was set to expire last November, we urged
ESI and Caching Trickery in Varnish
Varnish is a high performance, flexible, open source HTTP accelerator. We started using Varnish at Redfin in our last major release, a few weeks ago.
Engineer-to-Engineer Talk: How and Why Twitter Uses Scala
To kick off our San Francisco series of engineer-to-engineer lectures on new technologies and interesting problems in consumer software, we invited in the Great Alex
Redfin Team Profile: Tim Harper of The Legacy Team
Tim Harper is a Redfin Premier agent and Team Lead of The Legacy Team in Ormond Beach, FL. He originally joined Redfin from 2015-2022 to
Introducing Redfin Teams
2024 has been a year of big changes and exciting growth at Redfin! You’ve probably heard by now about Redfin Next, our new fully commission-based
Deck the Halls with Redfin Redesign!
Decking the halls just got a lot easier with a little help from Redfin Redesign! Whether you’re buying a home or already own one, you
Way-Too-Early Take: What Trump’s Re-Election Could Mean for Housing
Donald Trump’s re-election seems to have had immediate consequences for housing in America. Demand from home-buyers requesting service through Redfin’s site, which was already stronger
Redfin Expands Free Rental Tools Nationwide
Redfin’s rental tools are now available nationwide! Starting today, homeowners, investors, property managers and agents anywhere in the U.S. can list rental properties for free
In a World Without Clear Cooperation, Big Brokers Win, Agents and Consumers Lose
We can’t keep debating the consumer benefits of Clear Cooperation, the National Association of Realtors’ policy against pocket listings. The data is clear that sellers
