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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.
Redfin Welcomes February and March Agent Hires
Spring is officially here, and we’ve been busy welcoming some amazing agents and managers across the country to help us kick off a busy homebuying
Redfin Next is Coming To Seven New Markets!
We’re bringing Redfin Next to seven more markets! Under this compensation plan, Redfin agents in Chicago, Connecticut, Dallas, Miami, New York, Palm Beach, and Washington,
NAR Settlement: Kaboom!
The National Association of Realtors today entered into a $418-million settlement agreement for a wide range of class-action lawsuits brought by home-sellers. Unlike the earlier
Introducing Ask Redfin, an AI-Powered Tool to Quickly Answer Questions about For-Sale Homes
Redfin is making it a little easier for you to quickly find information about homes on the market thanks to our new generative AI-powered virtual
Redfin Adds Air Quality Risk Data for U.S. Homes
Today, Redfin became the first brokerage to publish air quality risk data, which is available for nearly every U.S. home on Redfin.com and the Redfin
Redfin Welcomes January Agent Hires
Redfin is kicking off 2024 strong. We’ve added some amazing agents and managers to our teams across the country! They bring experience from all corners
