Company News

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.

Redfin Mortgage Opens Tempe Hub, Hiring Variety of Mortgage Roles
Tempe office will support Redfin Mortgage’s West Coast expansion

Introducing Redfin’s Job Opportunity Tool
People moving, hiring talent, or performing research can use this tool to understand the differences between job opportunities and pay by location.

Why We Should All Support Clear Cooperation
Pocket listings harm consumers. When agents offer their listings to exclusive networks of buyers, the academic research suggests minorities are most often the ones who are excluded.

Redfin Direct Arrives in Texas
Homebuyers Can Now Buy Redfin Listings Online with the Launch of Redfin Direct in Texas

What I’ve Learned Running Redfin’s Products Organization
I still have the brown-paper sack on my desk, unopened, full of compliments. Melissa Blume, a Redfin director of product management, recently asked the team

Shedding Light on Buyer’s Agent Commissions
Redfin is the first brokerage to publicly display buyer’s agent commission for its own listings