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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.
Join us for The Redfin Buying, Selling or Just Dreaming in 2015 Twitter Talk!
Redfin Chief Economist Nela Richardson and Annie from MamaDweeb will chat about tips for buying and selling in 2015.
Why I Came to Redfin: For the Little Guy
Lorraine Woellert says she was a Redfin evangelist long before she ever thought of working here. “It wasn’t just the terrific app and all the cool stuff I could get on the website. What sold me was the Redfin mission to make home buying and selling better for people like you and me.”
Let’s Honky-Tonk in Tennessee! Redfin Home-Buying and Selling Services Arrive in Nashville and Memphis
People in Nashville and Memphis can now work with local Redfin agents and can use the Redfin online and mobile tools to search for every home on the market.
Redfin Arrives in Southwest Florida!
Redfin brings its real estate brokerage to Southwest Florida, including Fort Myers and Naples.
Looking Back Over Another Crazy Year With Thanks
In 2014 Redfin expanded it’s service, launched new technology to improve home buying and selling, and saved our clients millions of dollars in fees. Here, we take a look back at another crazy year.
Redfin Raises $70.9 Million from Major Institutional Investors
Redfin today announced an investment of $70.9 million, led by large institutional investors including Wellington Management Company, LLP.