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Guest Post from My Twin Brother: So Long, World Cup
My twin brother is an old-school letter writer with a Symbian phone. Here’s a note he just sent me about the World Cup, which has
Introducing MultiMarker: The fastest way to add many hundreds or thousands of markers on Google Maps
At Google IO 2009, our fearless leader Sasha Aickin (my boss) demonstrated our high-performance Google Maps utility library to the world; we provided directions explaining
DeeJayOh Argues that the Problem is Still Inventory, not Demand
Every month, Redfin publishes a newsletter about real estate prices out to a few hundred thousand people. A few hundred write back. The tone of
The Rise of the Quants
My favorite anecdote in Michael Lewis’s The Big Short is about one of the first people to make big bets against mortgage bonds, a Deutsche
What the Government Could Really Do to Support Entrepreneurs
Innovation and entrepreneurship are becoming my two least-favorite words, mostly because they are being appropriated in ways that are neither innovative nor entrepreneurial. Like in
Jeff Hammerbacher on Hadoop, Facebook and a Surprising Bit About Microsoft
As part of our engineer-to-engineer series of technical talks, Cloudera co-founder Jeff “The Hammer” Hammerbacher visited Redfin’s San Francisco office last week to explain why
Introducing the Redfin Compete Score
We know that today’s housing market is highly competitive. But if you’re buying or selling your house, that’s not enough — you need to know
You’re Invited: Symposium on Race and Real Estate
As Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman announced in his Wednesday keynote at Inman Connect, we’re hosting a symposium on race and real estate in our Seattle
The Real Reason Diverse Teams Are Better at Solving Problems and Making Money
Many people don’t believe that diversity is a big competitive advantage. We disagree. Here’s how our diversity efforts have helped our bottom line.
A More Perfect Union: Why Cities Are Still Racially Divided And What We As Real Estate Brokers Can Do About It
As real estate brokers, we do everything in our power to give our customers an advantage. This is what we’re supposed to do. But what if our
Doing Our Part
Redfin did not sign the business community’s petition against Seattle’s head tax, which as of Monday afternoon is headed to the mayor’s desk for a signature.
Welcome Caitlin McCrory, Redfin’s New Head of Industry Relations!
Caitlin will work to strengthen Redfin’s relationships with multiple listing services, associations and other brokerages.
