Company News

The Only Agent with a Bright Future is the One Who Puts the Customer First
The following letter was sent from Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, to all our employees, including our agents, on Wednesday May 8, 2019.

Back to the Future: The Buy-It Button Comes to Redfin.com
Redfin Direct is a new way to buy homes listed by Redfin without an agent

A Firsthand Look at Redfin’s Technology for Real Estate Agents
See how Redfin technology helps Redfin agents work smarter, delight clients and close more deals

Redfin Has Arrived in Vancouver!
Redfin agents are ready to start helping people buy and sell homes in Vancouver, British Columbia!

Redfin Has Arrived in Des Moines and Lincoln!
Homebuyers and Sellers Can Now Work with Full-Service Redfin Agents and Search for Homes on Redfin Website and App People can now buy and sell

How Redfin Paid Women and Men in 2018
On Equal Pay Day, we share data about how Redfin pays women and men.
Elephant versus Dolphin: Which is Faster? Which is Smarter?
vs. Redfin recently switched some of our backend DB infrastructure from MySQL to Postgres, and we plan to wholly switch to Postgres in the near
Dear College Students: Intern at a Startup
Hi, I’m the Redfin intern that apparently asked our CEO’s wife out. I wanted to share my experience here at Redfin in hopes of helping
$549,999 is A Better Price for Your Home Than $550,001 (5% Better)
With more than 70% of home-buyers looking on the Web for real estate to buy, we wondered if it made sense when pricing a house
Making Real Estate Search Faster and More Local
Some things are universal, such as when you click on a link you want an instant reaction. Redfin’s response time hasn’t been as fast as
Redfin, By the Numbers, And an Experiment
After popping up on TechCrunch and BusinessWeek Friday and in Slashdot over the weekend, Redfin appeared on Guy Kawasaki’s blog today, in a post comparing
Getting the Time Zone from a Web Browser
Writing rich date/time features in a web app can be a pain. Apps (such as schedulers) that do math on times (e.g. ordering times) should