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The State of My Industry: Why Real Estate Is Taking So Long to Change
Why, people often ask me, hasn’t technology made real estate better? The answer always surprises them: that technology mostly hasn’t tried.

Redfin Launches Feature To Help House Hunters Juggle Open House Visits
An open house is a great opportunity to tour a property and determine if it’s “the one,” but, until now, keeping track of a day of open house viewings could be overwhelming and confusing for buyers. With the launch of the Redfin Open House Schedule, you no longer have to create spreadsheets or keep track of all the details on paper.

Thousands More New Construction Homes Now Searchable on Redfin!
What’s new? Thousands of homes for sale on Redfin, that’s what! And by new, we mean brand spankin’ new: Homebuyers who want to be the first to live in a home can now search Redfin.com and Redfin’s mobile apps to find just-built homes in 23 markets.

SXSW 2014: Glenn Kelman on Why the Next $50B Business Won’t Be A Website
In a few short days, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman will present at SXSW 2014’s Interactive Conference. In his Sunday presentation, “Why the Next $50B Business Won’t be a Website,” Glenn will elaborate on an accelerating wave of entrepreneurialism known as the end-to-end movement (#End2End) that’s set to revolutionize industries in need of some tech-savvy savoir-faire.

How to Be Unreasonably Happy
My friend, Jon Kraft, the founding CEO of Pandora, asked me to write an essay about a childhood extracurricular activity as part of the launch of his new startup, Thrively, which helps children from all backgrounds discover and pursue their passions in life. With Jon’s permission, we’re republishing the essay.

Redfin.com Will Not Be Affected By the MLS Listing Delay from CLAW
You might have heard the news that the Combined Los Angeles/Westside MLS (CLAW), whose public website is TheMLS.com, has implemented a 48-hour delay on data feeds to websites such as Zillow, Trulia, REALTOR.com, and numerous third party websites. We’d like to reassure our community that Redfin.com will not be affected by this change since we are a real estate brokerage that receives this data instantly.

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