Company News

What Happens to American Cities With High Immigrant Populations
This country’s most intense debate in fifty years is happening today about immigration and our economy.

Redfin Launches Mortgage Business
Redfin Mortgage is the next-generation mortgage lender where the real estate agent, lender and title company are linked on the same system.

Glenn Kelman Receives CEO of the Year Award from Seattle Business Magazine
Last night, Redfin chief executive officer Glenn Kelman was named CEO of the Year at Seattle Business magazine’s Executive Excellence Awards gala.

2016: A Redfin Engineering Year in Review
As we step into the new year, we’re celebrating our major improvements to architecture and process in 2016!

Nela Richardson Offers Advice to College Graduates at UMD Ceremony
On Wednesday, December 21st Redfin Chief Economist Nela Richardson returned to her alma mater at the University of Maryland to give the following address to

My Redfin Internship: Eve Yuan
Eve describes her experience as a dev intern in Seattle.
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