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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.
Redfin Agents Arrive in Cincinnati, Louisville and Salt Lake City
What do Cincinnati, Louisville and Salt Lake City have in common? Not a whole lot until today when they officially become home to Redfin agents, who are paid based on customer satisfaction! People in these areas can now search for homes on Redfin.com and the Redfin iOS and Android apps.
Redfin Shared Search Makes It Easy for Spouses, Agents and Parents to Work Together on a House Hunt
Today Redfin launched Shared Search, a feature that makes it easy for people who are shopping for a home together to save, share and comment on their favorite homes.
Hundreds Gather for Discussion on Housing Affordability in Seattle
Redfin Chief Economist Nela Richardson joined a four-person panel at the University of Washington on Tuesday to address the topic of housing affordability.
Draw Your Own Search Is Here!
On the Redfin iPhone app, you can now draw a line around where you want to search for homes. This means you can narrow down the results to include homes for sale in the exact areas where you want to live, not just in a certain neighborhood or ZIP code.
Redfin Arrives in Southern Maine!
You can now work with a local Redfin agent to buy and sell homes in the southern part of the state, including Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Kennebunk, Biddeford, Augusta and the lakes region area. You can also use the Redfin online and mobile tools to search for any home on the market.
Redfin for Apple Watch Gives “Having Your Pulse on the Market” a Whole New Meaning
We’re thrilled to announce that Redfin is among the apps Apple Watch users can experience when the device becomes available on April 24, just as the real estate market is heating up. Here’s how you can use the Redfin app for Apple Watch to find your dream home and make it your own, while you’re on the go:
