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Grab Your Shades: Redfin Expands in the Sunshine State
Redfin is the only brokerage in Tampa and Orlando with agents who are paid a salary and receive benefits.

Redfin iPhone App Updates Announced at Facebook f8
(Update: Check out our interview from Facebook f8 here) Today at the Facebook f8 Conference, Facebook Message Dialog and App Links were unveiled, and I’m

Why I Work at Redfin: Rick Szekely, Redfin Agent
Rick Szekely, a Redfin real estate agent in Chicago, tells us what it’s like to work at Redfin from an agent’s perspective. If you’re interested in joining the company, be sure to check out our jobs page at https://redfin.com/about/jobs.

Your New Way Home Starts with the Redfin Real Estate App
Mobile technology is making it easier than ever to shop around and compare prices on the biggest purchase you’ll make in your life: your home. With the Redfin Real Estate app you can peruse thousands of homes for sale, get detailed information on each, and even schedule a home tour directly from the app.

Redfin Updates Android App with Home Tour Requests and Sold Home Search
Android fans, listen up! Starting today, you can request an in-person home tour with a Redfin agent directly from your Android phone. You can also find information on SOLD homes, whether they sold yesterday or years ago, using the Redfin Real Estate app for Android

Redfin Posts Open Letter to Zillow on Inman.com
Today, Redfin posted an open letter to Zillow on Inman.com. We are asking for changes to how Zillow displays Redfin listings so consumers can easily
So Long, 2008
At today’s all-hands meeting, Redfin surveyed our 2008 accomplishments alongside what we wanted to do better in 2009. It was a good exercise, both so
A Free Call Option on the American Economy
This is an essay arguing that some of the same forces driving Wall Street have affected Sand Hill Road, so that entrepreneurs try to make
Which City Has the Lowest Percentage of Homes for Sale? Envelope Please…
We just published a table showing the percentage of listings being sold by a bank. But then we began to wonder: what percentage of properties
Our Maps Are Googley Now
Redfin just released a new version of the site. In addition to improving our short sale detection in Orange County and parts of LA and
A Virtual Earth to Google Maps Transition: From Idea to Deployment In a Few Weeks
Whenever I out myself as a member of the Redfin search team to someone who has used Redfin, one of the first questions I get
Redfin on TechCrunch: The First-Time CEO’s Recession-Survival Guide
Many thanks to Michael Arrington and Erick Schonfeld for publishing an essay this morning on what I’ve learned as a CEO during the downturn. Did