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Redfin Partners with ADT to Expand Direct Access
Redfin Direct Access lets buyers self-tour homes with the touch of a button, driving twice as many tours for Redfin’s home-selling customers Today we announced

Career Accelerator Program Brings New, Diverse Talent into the Real Estate Industry
We are pleased to announce our new career accelerator program, which will hire and train 50 new real estate agents in the Seattle and Washington,

Redfin’s Symposium on Black Americans’ Homebuying Journey: Black Buyers Face Higher Hurdles, Agents Should Work Twice As Hard to Combat Discrimination
Key takeaways from the event, which featured data and anecdotes on the difficulties of being a Black homebuyer in America and expert advice on how

Redfin Surpasses $1 Billion in Customer Savings
Redfin Customers Saved an Average of $8,200 in Real Estate Fees in 2020 Redfin just passed a major milestone: we’ve now saved our customers more

We All Support Fair Housing, So Why Are Pocket Listings Up 67%?
This op-ed was originally published on Inman.com. Here’s What To Do About It It turns out you can put a number on whether the housing

Your Fight is Our Fight: In Support of Asians and Pacific Islanders
Almost a year ago, we sent a message about our commitment to serve customers of every race. We stood with Black Americans against violence then; we’re taking the same stand now with Asians and Pacific Islanders. We’re proud that many of our customers and colleagues are Asian. Your fight is our fight. The people of our company love you and support you.
The Web Is Becoming A Gigantic Lead-Generating Contraption for Business-As-Usual
The Wall Street Journal’s Rebecca Buckman published an article yesterday depicting Redfin as the oddball on an ad-crazed Sand Hill Road. Which is unfortunately true.
Will Work For Food: Why I Left Microsoft for a Startup
I’ve been asked by many of my friends and family why I decided to leave my position at Microsoft, where I was appreciated and rewarded,
Inman Conference: Online Real Estate Starts to Feel Frothy
A few Redfin folks went to last week’s Inman Conference in San Francisco; Inman is a big real estate and technology conference. Like all conferences,
Gary Robinson Died Hungry…
John Cook has always reminded me of Edna Buchanan*, the scoop-crazy crime reporter for the Miami Herald who once overheard a colleague grumble about his
The Naked Truth Goes Straight to Video…
The Naked Truth video is up, on Mixpo instead of YouTube, so we could stream the entire 56:53. This is your chance to hear five
We Had Such A Nice Time…
The Naked Truth party wasn’t the three-ring circus I had hoped it would be. No one arrived by camel. The police didn’t shut the party