Company News

The Fortress and the Ecosystem
The annual Swanepoel Trends Report explores the biggest trends in the residential real estate industry. This year, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman was asked to write the foreword.

Diary of an IPO
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman kept a diary of the company’s whole IPO process, which he calls “as weird as an abduction by space aliens.” Read it here.

A Tragedy of the Commons
A Center for Data Innovation study recently argued that Multiple Listing Services and the National Association of Realtors have harmed Redfin’s ability to compete.

Diversity at Redfin in 2017
Each year, we publish a report on gender, racial and ethnic diversity at Redfin. Here are this year’s numbers.

Introducing Redfin Concierge Service
Redfin Concierge Service Gives Home Sellers the Option to Let Redfin Take Care of Deep Cleaning, Painting, Staging and Landscaping for a 2% Listing-Agent Fee

Why I Work at Redfin: Jim Barnett
Jim Barnett is a buy-side agent working out of Denver, CO, in his third year at Redfin. Jim embodies the Redfin values: genuine, honorable, mission-driven and resourceful.
URL Query Parameters and HTML Entities: The Case of the Missing Semicolon
What’s the difference between this HTML snippet: <a href=”http://www.google.com/search?q=html&foo=0″>foo=0</a> and this? <a href=”http://www.google.com/search?q=html©=0″>copy=0</a> Both of them look like simple Google searches (though they could have
A Very Tough Day
Today Redfin laid off roughly 20% of our employees. Unlike other startups, our industry’s recession started a year ago, when home prices first plunged. Since
"It's Only Going to Get Better for Me"
This is the first in a series of real-time, agent-off-the-record blog posts on what Redfin agents and market managers are seeing in different markets. We promise
"We Were The Cool Guys."
Watching the credit crisis destroy Wall Street this week, it was hard not to think of the mortgage episode of “This American Life,” which aired
“We Were The Cool Guys.”
Watching the credit crisis destroy Wall Street this week, it was hard not to think of the mortgage episode of “This American Life,” which aired
New Website, New Boston MLS Rules: Unleash The Hounds!
I remember exactly where I was when I got the news that the Boston-area MLS — the database that brokers use to share listings —