Company News
Redfin Closes $12-Million Round Led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Redfin today announced its expansion to the Washington, D.C. area and a $12-million series-C financing led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the folks behind Skype, Overture
The Naked Truth: Bigger Than We Thought
Between Friday afternoon and Monday morning 320 people signed up for The Naked Truth, an event we’re putting together with Madrona to connect entrepreneurs with
The Naked Truth: The Diddy Spirit Returns
A year ago, the Diddy spirit pervaded Seattle, resulting in a NerdPartySupernova led by an Ephod-clad Michael Arrington as the Grand Poobah. Beer-hauling trucks conked
“Now, I’m Going to Kill You.”
Redfin is one of Time Magazine’s “50 Best Websites of 2007.” We woke up yesterday morning feeling historic, as if we had suddenly become a
A Crazy Decision
In a few minutes, Redfin will post on its website a short notice that we cannot take new listings: From June 16 to July 8,
First Freakonomics, Then the Redfin Advantage, Now An Academic Study Spanning Six Years
Last February, when the rain wouldn’t stop and we were bored out of our minds, Redfin released a year of sales records indicating that our
Does It Really Move the Needle?
One increasingly common refrain I hear among product managers, designers and engineers everywhere is the question of whether a new project will “really move the
The First Dip as Tragedy, The Second as Farce (May Roundup)
Every month, Redfin publishes two newsletters on real estate prices. One, usually published on the last Tuesday of every month, is a Redfin Roundup, which
Hey Beautiful, Upload Your Photo!
Big news! Redfin upgraded its website last night to improve the performance of map-based search, which is quite zippy now. The site has been creaking
Fifty Agents Say So Long to Redfin
It isn’t easy building a network of high-quality real estate agents, even if you’re a real estate agent yourself. Redfin just removed 50 partner agents
Endurance
It’s fashionable these days to talk about a startup as a roller–coaster, with ups and downs, flips and flame-outs, twists and turns. There’s some truth
Time to Shake Things Up Again!
Whoa! Redfin just launched a big new upgrade on our website, showing customers our real estate agents‘ comments about the listings we’ve toured. We call
