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Redfin Buys Walk Score!
Holy moly! Redfin just bought Walk Score, an online service started to score homes based on their walking distance from restaurants, groceries and bars. The acquisition is Redfin’s first and the reason for it is simple: We want to give folks a complete portrait of what it would be like to live somewhere new, within the house and in the surrounding neighborhood.
Why I Work at Redfin: Jeffry Rhodes, Support Agent
When I was young, my mom always said I had a knack for helping people. Whether at church or working at the local produce market, I always wanted to help people make the right decision. After graduating from Washington State University, I knew I wanted to be in a place where I could thrive in helping others. You could say that I had a personal passion for customer service.
Redfin Agents Find Their Way to Fabulous Fresno!
Redfin has arrived in the heart of San Joaquin Valley, also known as California’s largest inland city, Fresno! Residents of Fresno can now work with
Why I Work at Redfin: Kevin Lu, Developer
It’s a good time to be a software developer. Tech companies compete for developers by offering everything from free lunches to cool offices and state-of-the-art tech. Redfin has all of these, plus sharp co-workers and affable managers. But, believe it or not, this is not why I chose Redfin.
Lawn-Mower, Coder, World-Conqueror
There are probably hundreds of people with Bill Gates’ talent all over the world today who won’t get what Gates got at an early age, access to a computer, and the educational foundation to master it. That’s changing, and it can’t change soon enough.
Behind the Scenes of Redfin 3D Walkthrough
Redfin agent Mia Simon gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at Redfin 3D Walkthrough, which uses Matterport technology to create virtual home tours.
Redfin on NPR’s Morning Edition
Redfin got a nice plug on the national version of NPR’s Morning Edition & the phones have been ringing off the hook all day ever
Cue Dave Eraker, Redfin Founder!
Our irrepressible founder, Dave Eraker, is headlining a panel discussion on online real estate at the MIT Enterprise Forum tonight at the Bellevue Hyatt. He’s
Big Map!
Thanks in part to suggestions from some of our blogging friends, Redfin has published a new version of our site, with a larger map, and
Consumers Win Round II In Kentucky
Under pressure from the Department of Justice, the Kentucky legislature this week abandoned a bill that would have given the state’s real estate commission the
College recruiting
Redfin has quadrupled in size over the past few months, which isn’t hard to do when you start small. Now we’re hitting the college campuses
Redfin & Zillow
Redfin appeared today in the New York Times. The article was the 2nd-most e-mailed article on the New York Times’s site. The article also discussed
