Company News
Redfin Agents Have Arrived in Birmingham
Birmingham residents can now work with our real estate agents to buy or sell a home.

Load Testing with Taurus
When you’re developing new functionality on an existing website, especially on a hot new young fresh startup like Redfin, you can get really excited about
Redfin’s Year in Mobile – Updates to iOS and Android Apps
The Redfin engineering team has been hard at work this year adding new features and updates to our award-winning mobile apps. With mobile devices now driving two thirds of our traffic, we know how important it is to have access to information on the go.

Using Fresco to Load Images Efficiently on Android
It’s well known that you don’t get a second chance at a first impression and often, it’s the first impression that becomes the lasting memory.
The Second Silicon Valleys
The influx of technology workers will bring more wealth to cities like Portland and Seattle, but also new challenges. We can’t just stick our heads in the sand.
Thoughts on Transitioning to Universal JavaScript
(aka “Thoughts on Transitioning to isomorphic JavaScript”) For the past year, Redfin has been quietly converting our most heavily trafficked pages from being built with
Redfin Launches “Meet the Agents”
Over the past few months, we’ve had the opportunity to hear from a lot of our customers both via email and focus groups. One of
How to Get a Job at Redfin
Redfin has been hiring like crazy. Actually, we’ve just been interviewing like crazy. Actually, we’ve been going crazy trying to hire people. Want a job
Introducing First-to-Know
How do you sell a home that isn’t for sale? Today, we’re trying to find out, as the first step in a program called First
The Hall of Shame
In the early, crazy days of Redfin Direct, when the whole office went bananas every time we got an offer (which was usually bogus, and
Buying Houses That Aren’t For Sale
A Finnish company called Igglo has launched a site like Redfin’s, except that it allows home buyers to make bids on unlisted properties. You browse
High Flyin’ Pilot Likes Down to Earth Service
Meet Tom Rabideau and Nicole Rendahl, the stars of this installment of Maniac Emptor (Emptor, a buyer and Maniac, a Maniac for Redfin). They’re both