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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

Redfin CEO Email on New Hybrid-Office Policy
Our CEO, Glenn Kelman, sent this email to all Redfin employees at 2:00 p.m. PDT on April 23, 2023. For the public posting, we removed

Redfin Expands to the Colorado Rockies
Today, Redfin launched its brokerage service in the Colorado Rockies! That means homebuyers and sellers in Summit, Eagle, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Lake and Park counties

Diversity at Redfin in 2022
Every March, Redfin publishes a diversity report summarizing changes in our workforce over the previous year. In 2022, the percentage of overall employees who are

Redfin Premier is Available Nationwide!
Today, Redfin expanded its Redfin Premier luxury real estate service nationwide. That means consumers can now work with an expert Redfin Premier agent to buy

Redfin Premier Launches for Luxury Homebuyers
Today, we’re making Redfin Premier service available to qualified homebuyers in more than two dozen markets across the U.S. for the very first time. Redfin

Redfin Launches Favorites Lists to Help Organize Your Home Search
If you have a mile-long list of favorite Redfin homes, we have good news for you! It just got a lot easier to keep track