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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 Adds Down Payment Assistance Information to Listing Pages
It’s not easy to save for a home these days, with pandemic-induced home price gains putting the pressure on buyers to come up with nearly

Redfin Launches in Hilton Head, South Carolina and Expands Listing Search to Over 95% of the U.S. Population
Redfin agents are ready to start helping people buy and sell homes in Hilton Head, South Carolina! We launched our brokerage in South Carolina in

How Redfin Ended Up on a Reality TV Show
This Friday, Netflix is premiering six episodes of a reality-TV show featuring Redfin. On the show, called Buy My House, people try to sell their

Meet Redfin’s Head of Industry Relations
We’re pleased to announce Joe Rath is our new director of industry relations! In his new role, Joe will build Redfin’s relationships with multiple listing

Redfin Ensures Equal Access to Reproductive Care
In response to Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, here is Redfin’s statement on its commitment to ensure its employees’ access

A Redfin Layoff
Our CEO, Glenn Kelman, sent this email to all Redfin employees at 8:00 a.m. PDT on June 14, 2022. For the public posting, we removed