Company News

Elephant versus Dolphin: Which is Faster? Which is Smarter?

November 5, 2007

vs. Redfin recently switched some of our backend DB infrastructure from MySQL to Postgres, and we plan to wholly switch to Postgres in the near

Dear College Students: Intern at a Startup

October 22, 2007

Hi, I’m the Redfin intern that apparently asked our CEO’s wife out. I wanted to share my experience here at Redfin in hopes of helping

$549,999 is A Better Price for Your Home Than $550,001 (5% Better)

October 6, 2007

With more than 70% of home-buyers looking on the Web for real estate to buy, we wondered if it made sense when pricing a house

Making Real Estate Search Faster and More Local

October 2, 2007

Some things are universal, such as when you click on a link you want an instant reaction. Redfin’s response time hasn’t been as fast as

Redfin, By the Numbers, And an Experiment

October 1, 2007

After popping up on TechCrunch and BusinessWeek Friday and in Slashdot over the weekend, Redfin appeared on Guy Kawasaki’s blog today, in a post comparing

Getting the Time Zone from a Web Browser

August 31, 2007

Writing rich date/time features in a web app can be a pain. Apps (such as schedulers) that do math on times (e.g. ordering times) should

My Unconventional Journey to Redfin

February 15, 2017

From Scientist to Software Developer.

How Accurate is the Redfin Estimate?

February 2, 2017

In a new study, the Redfin Estimate more accurately predicted the value of thousands of homes for sale than estimates from the other leading providers of public home-value estimates.