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The Best Blog Post I’ve Read in a Long Time
Anyone who reads this blog even casually knows that Union Square Venture’s Fred Wilson is one of my favorite bloggers. He somehow writes every day,
What Starbucks Learned About Learning
As part of our 2010 brown-bag series of workshops, Redfin on Friday hosted Christine McHugh to talk about what she learned about training folks in
Synchronous/Asynchronous Switching with Varnish
When your webapp is serving up content that’s expensive to generate, you may want to serve it up asynchronously- via AJAX calls. This is particularly
The Hangover
Redfin has hardly been an advocate for real estate tax credits. When the original first-time home-buyer credit was set to expire last November, we urged
ESI and Caching Trickery in Varnish
Varnish is a high performance, flexible, open source HTTP accelerator. We started using Varnish at Redfin in our last major release, a few weeks ago.
Engineer-to-Engineer Talk: How and Why Twitter Uses Scala
To kick off our San Francisco series of engineer-to-engineer lectures on new technologies and interesting problems in consumer software, we invited in the Great Alex
Redfin and Compass Partner to Expand Inventory and Seller Choice
Today, Redfin announced a partnership with Compass International Holdings that will expand the number of homes buyers can discover on Redfin.com. Through this partnership, home
Denver Has a New Neighbor: Kiel Murphy Wins the Great American Home Search
Redfin awards Murphy a home valued at more than $1 million for being the fastest person to successfully complete a nationwide scavenger hunt in the
Redfin Debuts Its Home Search App in ChatGPT
Redfin now has an app in ChatGPT that lets users explore home listings, neighborhood information and housing market trends through the widely-used AI product. Home
The Great American Home Search: Redfin’s Big Game Debut Kicks Off a Scavenger Hunt for $1 Million Home
Download the Redfin app now to prepare for a search that starts at the Big Game and spans the country to win a million-dollar home
Meet the Newfins Starting 2026 Strong!
As we settle into the new year and look ahead to what’s next, we’re excited to welcome the agents who joined Redfin in December. Their
Conversational Search is Now Available on the Redfin iPhone App
iOS users in the U.S. can now have a back-and-forth dialogue with Redfin on-the-go to discover homes that best suit their preferences Conversational home search
