Company News

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.

The Next Generation of Real Estate Agents
Findings from a March 2019 Survey of 500 U.S. Real Estate Agents

Opendoor and Redfin Partner to Provide More Options to Home Sellers
Program gives home sellers in Phoenix and Atlanta the ability to request an Opendoor offer through Redfin

Redfin Direct Expands to Northern Virginia
With Redfin Direct, unrepresented homebuyers can make their offer more competitive by saving the seller thousands of dollars in buyer’s agent commission fees.

Redfin Opens Dallas Engineering Hub
Newly opened Frisco office is home to brokerage, mortgage, title and engineering teams

Redfin and Zillow Agree on Listing Attribution for Syndication in Several Markets
Redfin listings now appear on Zillow.com in Seattle, Charlotte, Des Moines and Nashville.

Exclusive Redfin and RE/MAX Partnership Ends
RE/MAX withdrew today from its corporate partnership with Redfin. Redfin has the utmost respect for RE/MAX as a company, for its agents and leaders. RE/MAX