Company News

Redfin Rise: A Year in Review
Happy new year and welcome to 2023! In August 2020, Redfin launched a philanthropic and community outreach program called Redfin Rise to help underserved families

Outdated MLS Policy Hides Thousands of Homes For Sale
This op-ed was originally published on Inman.com. In August, the REcolorado MLS board voted to allow the display of non-MLS listings alongside their members’ listings

Redfin Adds Zoning Data for More Than 70 Million Homes
Today, we added zoning and land use information to home description pages on Redfin.com. This information, which is provided by our partners at Zoneomics, will

Redfin Rise and Giving Tuesday
Redfin believes in giving back to our communities, taking part in philanthropic causes, and providing social value – all while helping to broaden the scope

All-Hands Email on November Layoff
Our CEO, Glenn Kelman, sent this email to all Redfin employees at 5:45 a.m. PDT on November 9, 2022. For the public posting, we removed

Redfin Launches in Wilmington, North Carolina and Green Bay, Wisconsin
Consumers in Wilmington, North Carolina and Green Bay, Wisconsin can now work with Redfin agents to buy and sell homes! Redfin first opened its brokerage

Redfin Adds New Data & Search Features For Homes on Redfin.com
House hunters can take advantage of new search filters and view more data on climate risk, school ratings, and neighborhood amenities Over the past several

Redfin Employees Donate More Than $1.5 Million to Nonprofits Supporting Underserved Homebuyers
In August 2020, we launched an initiative called Redfin Rise to build a path to homeownership for working-class families. It’s an extension of our mission

Redfin is Acquiring Bay Equity Home Loans
Today we announced an agreement to acquire Bay Equity Home Loans, a national, full-service mortgage lender for $135 million in cash and stock. Founded in

Neighborhood Crime Data Doesn’t Belong on Real Estate Sites
We recently decided not to add neighborhood crime data to Redfin.com. We were considering this because we’re very much focused on answering all the questions

Redfin Offers Electric-Vehicle Subsidy to Agents and Other Employees
For Redfin agents, listing photographers and other folks who drive to houses all over town, Redfin is now paying a $5,000 subsidy for used or

Redfin’s Reduced-Stress Week: Give It a Try!
From August 2 – 6, Redfin tried a meeting-free, no-new-tasks reduced-stress week. It was such a big hit that now we’re going to do it every quarter.