Company News
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.
From Customer to Market Manager: My Redfin Career Path
Four and a half years ago I didn’t have my real estate license and I was working in an uninspiring government job. Today, I manage
Celebrating Veterans and their Families at Redfin
Today we thank veterans and honor the sacrifices our veterans and their families have made for our nation. Supporting Homes for Our Troops This week
Redfin & Fair Housing
Redfin complies with the Fair Housing Act, which clearly supports a business’s decisions to set the customers and areas it serves based on legitimate business reasons such as price.
RedfinNow Expands to Palm Springs
RedfinNow buys homes directly, giving homeowners liquidity, certainty and safety Homeowners in the Palm Springs area can now get a cash offer for their home
Pressing Pause on Facebook Ads
Inspired by the NAACP-led boycott Stop Hate for Profit, Redfin is limiting its advertising spending on Facebook in July.
Our Role in Fighting Racism
Read a letter from Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman about our commitment to racial equality.
