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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
Dang. That’s Fast.
In a real estate world suddenly frenzied with competition, Redfin just released Instant Updates, the first* major service for immediately alerting home-buyers about new listings
List with Redfin, Sell Your Home Faster and For More Money
On average, Redfin listings sell 15 days faster and for $8,700 more than the competition.
What’s Your Home Worth? Well, See For Yourself
For the past five years, Redfin has sought to build the perfect site for folks to preview, visit and ultimately buy homes for sale. But
Growing, Fast and Slow
“Greed,” Gordon Gekko once declared, “is good.” Oliver Stone’s private-equity titan was referring to the process of creative destruction, in which ravenous corporate raiders strip
Now Available on Redfin: Filter by HOA Dues!
Our website wizards at Redfin are always on the prowl for new features that can wow and amaze our customers. Even more so when it’s
Philly, We Have Arrived!
Bust out the cheese-steaks—Redfin has arrived in Philly! The Philadelphia real estate market is our 19th market overall and our first in more than a
