Company News
The Fortress and the Ecosystem
The annual Swanepoel Trends Report explores the biggest trends in the residential real estate industry. This year, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman was asked to write the foreword.
Diary of an IPO
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman kept a diary of the company’s whole IPO process, which he calls “as weird as an abduction by space aliens.” Read it here.
A Tragedy of the Commons
A Center for Data Innovation study recently argued that Multiple Listing Services and the National Association of Realtors have harmed Redfin’s ability to compete.
Diversity at Redfin in 2017
Each year, we publish a report on gender, racial and ethnic diversity at Redfin. Here are this year’s numbers.
Introducing Redfin Concierge Service
Redfin Concierge Service Gives Home Sellers the Option to Let Redfin Take Care of Deep Cleaning, Painting, Staging and Landscaping for a 2% Listing-Agent Fee
Why I Work at Redfin: Jim Barnett
Jim Barnett is a buy-side agent working out of Denver, CO, in his third year at Redfin. Jim embodies the Redfin values: genuine, honorable, mission-driven and resourceful.
What to Think of When You Want to Smile
Redfin has been showing up all over the place lately. Some Redfin customers were on a Seattle TV news magazine the other night, looking oddly
Bust Out the Chowda! Redfin Stops the The Wheel of Death
Ahoy Redfin friends! Sorry to have been so quiet this month. We’ve been working on a pretty blue site with a pretty new logo, which
The Real Estate Consumer’s Bill of Rights
Redfin launched the real estate consumer’s bill of rights today, which Inman News is blasting out to its hundreds of thousands of real estate subscribers
Pricing Advice: Make the Last 3 Digits -500
There are very few people with Matt Bell’s zeal for negotiating. He is 6’5”, with a large, slow smile that seems to bespeak an unused
DIY Comparative Market Analysis
The old way: explain your real estate needs and desires to an agent, he searches for listings, wait, wait, wait until he shares the details
The Taxman Does Not Cometh
With tax season upon us, folks have been asking and analyzing and holding forth about whether our refunds are taxable as income. We recently got
