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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
Redfin Named to CNBC Disruptor 50 List
Redfin made the CNBC Disruptor 50 List, which is a roundup of private companies who are considered disruptors in their respective industries.
Redfin Arrives in Rhode Island!
We have big news for homebuyers and sellers in the nation’s smallest state! Residents in the entire state of Rhode Island can now work with
Why I Came to Redfin
Redfin today announces that it has hired its first-ever chief economist, Nela Richardson, who comes from Bloomberg Government.
If I Were 22: Do Something, Do a Lot of It
We often define our happiness in terms of what we want for ourselves, but the only way to be happy is to be needed by others. When you’re traveling the world at 22 in search of the perfect sushi, you are as far from needed as you can possibly be.
Real Estate Trends: Technology is Just a Means of Delivering Better Value and Service for the Consumer
From the new competitive advantage of giving customers what they want, to the last second economy, Glenn Kelman shares his thoughts on what’s changing in our economy and what he sees as the key real estate trends that are most important to consumers.
Redfin Launches Completely Redesigned iPhone App
Our award-winning iPhone app just got better! Today, we are thrilled to announce a complete overhaul of the Redfin Real Estate iPhone App that makes it even easier for you to find your dream home while on the go.
