Company News
Redfin Agents Arrive in Hampton Roads, Virginia!
Virginia is for lovers and, today, Redfin expands its love for the state by launching its customer-obsessed, technology-powered home-buying and selling services in Virginia Beach and the rest of the Hampton Roads area.
Real Estate Brokers Can Coexist With National Portals by Changing the Way We Share Data
Rather than the brokers “completely reorienting” to the reality of the portals as they are today, the two parties have to work together to give real estate consumers a cohesive online experience.
Grab Your Shades: Redfin Expands in the Sunshine State
Redfin is the only brokerage in Tampa and Orlando with agents who are paid a salary and receive benefits.
Redfin iPhone App Updates Announced at Facebook f8
(Update: Check out our interview from Facebook f8 here) Today at the Facebook f8 Conference, Facebook Message Dialog and App Links were unveiled, and I’m
Why I Work at Redfin: Rick Szekely, Redfin Agent
Rick Szekely, a Redfin real estate agent in Chicago, tells us what it’s like to work at Redfin from an agent’s perspective. If you’re interested in joining the company, be sure to check out our jobs page at https://redfin.com/about/jobs.
Your New Way Home Starts with the Redfin Real Estate App
Mobile technology is making it easier than ever to shop around and compare prices on the biggest purchase you’ll make in your life: your home. With the Redfin Real Estate app you can peruse thousands of homes for sale, get detailed information on each, and even schedule a home tour directly from the app.
Elephant versus Dolphin: Which is Faster? Which is Smarter?
vs. Redfin recently switched some of our backend DB infrastructure from MySQL to Postgres, and we plan to wholly switch to Postgres in the near
Dear College Students: Intern at a Startup
Hi, I’m the Redfin intern that apparently asked our CEO’s wife out. I wanted to share my experience here at Redfin in hopes of helping
$549,999 is A Better Price for Your Home Than $550,001 (5% Better)
With more than 70% of home-buyers looking on the Web for real estate to buy, we wondered if it made sense when pricing a house
Making Real Estate Search Faster and More Local
Some things are universal, such as when you click on a link you want an instant reaction. Redfin’s response time hasn’t been as fast as
Redfin, By the Numbers, And an Experiment
After popping up on TechCrunch and BusinessWeek Friday and in Slashdot over the weekend, Redfin appeared on Guy Kawasaki’s blog today, in a post comparing
Getting the Time Zone from a Web Browser
Writing rich date/time features in a web app can be a pain. Apps (such as schedulers) that do math on times (e.g. ordering times) should
