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Does It Really Move the Needle?
One increasingly common refrain I hear among product managers, designers and engineers everywhere is the question of whether a new project will “really move the
The First Dip as Tragedy, The Second as Farce (May Roundup)
Every month, Redfin publishes two newsletters on real estate prices. One, usually published on the last Tuesday of every month, is a Redfin Roundup, which
Hey Beautiful, Upload Your Photo!
Big news! Redfin upgraded its website last night to improve the performance of map-based search, which is quite zippy now. The site has been creaking
Fifty Agents Say So Long to Redfin
It isn’t easy building a network of high-quality real estate agents, even if you’re a real estate agent yourself. Redfin just removed 50 partner agents
Endurance
It’s fashionable these days to talk about a startup as a roller–coaster, with ups and downs, flips and flame-outs, twists and turns. There’s some truth
Time to Shake Things Up Again!
Whoa! Redfin just launched a big new upgrade on our website, showing customers our real estate agents‘ comments about the listings we’ve toured. We call
Survey Says… Redfin's Best-Kept Secret is Its Customer Service
Redfin surveys people every day, all day: when they tour homes, when they make offers, when they cancel listings, when they sell their house. It’s
Survey Says… Redfin’s Best-Kept Secret is Its Customer Service
Redfin surveys people every day, all day: when they tour homes, when they make offers, when they cancel listings, when they sell their house. It’s
Chris Neitzert Sorts Through Charred Rubble of Redfin Datacenter
There was a fire in the Seattle-based data center that Redfin uses to host our web servers, causing a loss of service between approximately 5
First-Hand Advice on Short Sales from Redfin Forums
There is a juicy conversation about short sales on the Redfin Bay Area Forums, from the rare bird who successfully completed a short sale (which
Getting Good Deals in a Tough Market: 7 Negotiating Techniques
The two most dreaded words in real estate today must be “low” and “baller.” So publishing a how-to guide for lowballers is a little like
No One's Going to Take Away Our Data, But What Can We Do With It?
In September 2005, just as Redfin was raising its first round of funding, the Department of Justice sued the National Association of Realtors for developing
