Company News
Elephant versus Dolphin: Which is Faster? Which is Smarter?
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
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)
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
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
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
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
Redfin Announces a $2,500 College Scholarship
Want to go to college? Apply for Redfin’s first-ever college scholarship!
My Redfin Internship: Roman Blum
Roman describes his experience as a dev intern in Seattle.
My Redfin Internship: Anne Lim
Anne describes her experience as a dev intern in Seattle.
Redfin Estimate: Now More Accurate and Available in Twice as Many Markets
Less than a year after its launch, an update has been made to the algorithm behind the Redfin Estimate, making the automated home-value estimate significantly more accurate.
My Redfin Internship: Tim Guan
In the spring of my sophomore year, I experienced something like a mid-undergrad crisis. I’d enrolled in introductory computer science on a dare and was
My Redfin Internship: Paul Cruz
Paul describes his experience as a dev intern in Seattle.
