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Careers: What Does It Take to Become a Real Estate Agent?
Now that the real estate market is on the upswing, there’s a huge opportunity for people to get back into the industry as a real estate agent, or to enter it for the first time. But what is it really like to be an agent, and what does it take to become one? We spoke with six Redfin Agents from very different backgrounds to get an inside look at real estate as a career option.

Wild, Wild Horses
Silicon Valley has always showered so much money on the deserving and undeserving that it would be hard for any one of us to say which group we ourselves belonged to. But one crucial difference between this boom and the last is that the folks in the last boom had to ship or starve. Today, not shipping pays pretty well.

Redfin's Tedx Talk: Take the Red Pill
A few weeks ago, I flew to Chicago for a Tedx presentation on my favorite subject, how software entrepreneurs can build real-world companies. If you’re

Redfin’s Tedx Talk: Take the Red Pill
A few weeks ago, I flew to Chicago for a Tedx presentation on my favorite subject, how software entrepreneurs can build real-world companies. If you’re
You Deserve to See it All
Against a backdrop of severe shortages of homes for sale, the topic of real estate website data accuracy is back in the news. By data

Houston, We Don’t Have a Problem. Redfin has arrived!
Today Redfin launches its business in Houston, Texas, the third major market we’ve opened this year. Houstonians, you should know that Redfin likes a good party, and we’re hosting one on Wednesday, March 20 at Hearsay Gastro Lounge to get to know our new friends and neighbors.

Redfin Launches in Canada!
Torontonians can now sell homes at a 1 percent listing fee with full-service local Redfin agents

Hello, Canada! Redfin will launch in Toronto and Vancouver!
Buyers and sellers in Toronto and Vancouver will soon be able to work with Redfin agents

Diversity at Redfin in 2018
The good news this year is that women’s representation increased across the board, and we made strides in hiring more Black and Latinx employees.
Redfin Welcomes Aaron Noe as National Head of Renovations
Noe will oversee renovations for RedfinNow. RedfinNow buys homes directly from homeowners giving them a way to sell their home quickly with more certainty and less stress.

Redfin Concierge Now Available in Seattle!
Power is shifting away from sellers in Seattle. With homes taking longer to sell and buyers becoming pickier, Redfin Concierge gives sellers peace of mind knowing their home will have a great debut.

What I learned from 100 homeowners facing foreclosure in 2009
And, how my background in behavioral economics will inform my perspective as Redfin’s chief economist