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Redfin Agents Shine in National RealTrends Verified Rankings
More than 1,200 Redfin agents were named among the country’s best real estate professionals by RealTrends Verified, an independently verified ranking of the top real
Redfin Launches Sunscore to Show Exactly How Much Sunlight Homes Get
This 0-100 score is available exclusively on Redfin.com and helps home searchers easily understand property-level sun exposure. Natural light is one of the hardest things
‘Deliver The Kind of Service People Remember and Trust’: How Maryam Amiri Became The First Redfin Agent to Sell $1 Billion Worth of Homes
In 2001, Maryam Amiri immigrated to the United States from Iran. Twenty-five years later, she became the first Redfin agent to hit $1 billion in
Say hello to the Newfins who joined us in Q1!
Spring is one of the busiest times in the housing market—and having the right agent can make all the difference. From navigating competition to helping
Redfin Calls on NWMLS to Give Home Sellers More Choice
If you’re thinking about selling your home in Seattle, a behind-the-scenes industry debate could shape how your home comes to market. Redfin supports a seller’s
Redfin Earns Top 10 Spot in RealTrends Verified Rankings, Powered by Agent Productivity
Redfin has been recognized among the top residential real estate brokerages for the fourth year in a row! In 2025, our agents closed 50,484 transactions,
Why Isn’t There an Executive Master’s Program in Computer Science?
Two executive MBA students just came by the house to interview me for a class on entrepreneurship. Answering questions about the #1 quality of an
If I Can Change, and You Can Change, Everybody Can Change!
There’s plenty of talk on Twitter and the web about my saying in an interview with the Globe & Mail in Toronto that the real estate industry
Email, Phone & Fax All Back Online
All the ways you’d normally communicate with us are now back online. This includes agent emails, agent office phone numbers and fax numbers. We’re very
Daniel Phommathep, Rest in Peace
Dave Selinger, Redfin’s founding CTO and now the CEO of RichRelevance, contacted us today with news that one of the original developers of Redfin’s website,
First the Novel, Then The Essay, Now The Link
The web has turned every writer into a modernist poet. Take the strange little masterpiece that is Tom Scocca’s essay on the martyrdom of Gilbert
Laziness (in proxies) is a virtue
In Hibernate, when you indicate that a domain object should not support lazy proxies, you make it hard for DAO writers to get their code to perform well. Worse, you disable a capability that they may be counting on, and they may not notice until there are major performance problems. Unless you have a good reason to, use “@Proxy(lazy = true)” on your domain objects.
