Company News
Big Companies Versus Startups
Why I left a career in big software companies and took a plunge to work at a late-stage startup
New Construction in Seattle: State of the Market by Redfin Builder Services
The experts at Redfin Builder Services discussed how new construction sales are faring in Seattle’s red-hot market.
Redfin’s Chelsea Goyer Named a HousingWire 2016 Rising Star!
Award recognizes her as one of the most innovative young leaders in the real estate industry today.
How Hibernate’s Lazy Loading Nearly Killed Our Email
Using Hibernate’s FetchMode to improve performance in data-hungry applications
Announcing React Server
Wish your site had blazing fast page loads and seamless transitions between pages? Read on.
Python at Redfin
We hosted PuPPy, the Puget Sound Programming in Python meetup group, in the Redfin Seattle office yesterday — here’s a link to the slides.
The Broken Tower and the Ivory Tower
Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt renew their argument that real estate brokers aren’t worth 6%, citing a study (PDF) conducted by Stanford economist B. Douglas
Rambo, Meet Silicon Valley…
In one night, Michael Arrington wrote a dazzling refutation of this week’s post on leaving Silicon Valley for Seattle. I have often wondered what midnight
MySQL to Postgres
A couple of weeks ago we released an upgrade to the Redfin site. Some of the changes were obvious: we now support Safari, we show
How Green Was My Valley
The New York Times reports Friday that alone among all the cities hoping to be the next Silicon Valley, Seattle “is actually doing it.” But
The Gods Must Be Crazy
The Illinois General Assembly is now considering HB4313, a bill that would make it illegal for any licensed real estate agents to “give or pay
The 1st & 2nd Moments of Consumer Delight
Reacting to Thursday’s announcement about the new “Freakish Depth” release of Redfin.com, Austin asset manager Lani Anglin-Rosales wrote an analysis of Redfin’s brand for national
