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From Our CEO: Redfin & Coronavirus
Redfin CEO releases new policies about open houses and home tours. Redfin will still serve buyers and sellers, but with new rules and new technologies.

Housing Demand Holding Up Surprisingly Well, For Now
Redfin CEO addresses questions about how Coronavirus has impacted the housing market for homebuyers and homesellers.

How to Be Alone
Redfin CEO, Glenn Kelman, writes a letter to his staff about the most productive ways to work remotely.

The Housing Market Feels the First Effects of the Coronavirus; Redfin Now Offers On-Demand Virtual Home Tours
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman explains the impacts the spread of coronavirus is having on Redfin and how we are adapting.

Redfin Supports a Seattle-Area Tax to Fund Homeless Programs
As a technology-powered real estate company, Redfin has already been asked about Washington state’s House Bill 2907, which would let King County tax mostly technology

Redfin Estimate: Now More Accurate and Available for 11 Million More Properties
With continued advancements in AI and machine learning, we can envision a future where the Redfin Estimate becomes a live RedfinNow offer for a subset of properties.
How to Set Up Hot Code Replacement with Tomcat and Eclipse
This blog post will guide you through setting up Tomcat hot code replacement (also called hotswap debugging) in Eclipse. What Is “Hot Code Replace”? What’s
Installing Beta Builds on iPhone
Probably the hardest part of learning to code an iPhone app is figuring out how to get your app installed on a phone. Even after
This is Only a Test…
My college roommate used to end every midnight conversation with me — we were inseparable friends and still all we talked about with one another
At Last! Redfin Releases Its iPhone App!
At long last, Redfin has an iPhone application. And it is gorgeous and fast and free and freakishly powerful. Apple took ten days to approve
August Newsletter: Prices Tick up, Redfin in Time's Top 50 Websites
On the last Tuesday of every month, just before the Case-Shiller data is released at 6 a.m., we start writing Redfin’s customer newsletter. Which has
First Broad Price Increase Seen in Case-Shiller Index
Case-Shiller data for June 2009 came out this morning. Once we adjust for seasonality — home prices tend to increase in the summer — we