Company News

Hundreds Gather for Discussion on Housing Affordability in Seattle
Redfin Chief Economist Nela Richardson joined a four-person panel at the University of Washington on Tuesday to address the topic of housing affordability.

Draw Your Own Search Is Here!
On the Redfin iPhone app, you can now draw a line around where you want to search for homes. This means you can narrow down the results to include homes for sale in the exact areas where you want to live, not just in a certain neighborhood or ZIP code.

Redfin Arrives in Southern Maine!
You can now work with a local Redfin agent to buy and sell homes in the southern part of the state, including Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Kennebunk, Biddeford, Augusta and the lakes region area. You can also use the Redfin online and mobile tools to search for any home on the market.

Redfin for Apple Watch Gives “Having Your Pulse on the Market” a Whole New Meaning
We’re thrilled to announce that Redfin is among the apps Apple Watch users can experience when the device becomes available on April 24, just as the real estate market is heating up. Here’s how you can use the Redfin app for Apple Watch to find your dream home and make it your own, while you’re on the go:

Who’s Rocking Red Pants This Month?
When your real estate agent takes the time to mount your flat-screen TV and caulk your dryer vent after helping you buy your dream home, you know you’ve found someone who truly takes customer service to heart. It’s that kind of dedication that earned Bob Plessinger and Karen Collins our first-ever “Red Pants Award,” which recognizes great client service.

Oahu Native Mike DeMello Opens Redfin Office on the Island
Oahu native Mike DeMello has opened a Redfin office on the island, which means people can now find real estate in Hawaii on Redfin.com and work with Redfin agents to buy or sell a home.
What Happened to Redfin’s Data Download Feature?
A few months back, we released a new version of the site that let our customers download listing stats and past sales data to a
Fun with generate_series
A few months ago I attended the PostgreSQL conference in Portland, OR. There were a lot of talks ranging from hard-core stuff like Neil Conway‘s
Redfin Forums: Say Your Piece
Our discussion board, creatively named Redfin Forums after an agonizingly long brainstorm session, was started to give home buyers a place to gripe about home
Attack of the Clones
Most of us spend our lives trying to forget the world we had imagined for ourselves as children. But occasionally a single act is so
Correcting the Weighted Average in the Redfin Advantage
Redfin reported on the Redfin Advantage last month, analyzing 65,242 records from the Multiple Listing Services that brokers use to share listing data in the
Something I've Been Meaning to Say for A Long Time
For no real reason, a San Diego Sweet Digs blogger attacked real estate broker Kris Berg today. The contract blogger, a usually kind person who