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Announcing SitemapGen4j 1.0
Redfin is happy to announce SitemapGen4j 1.0. SitemapGen4j is a library to generate XML sitemaps in Java. Download SitemapGen4j 1.0 What’s an XML sitemap? Quoting
Improved Geocoding, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Map
Those of us on the Redfin data team see every data problem that gets reported by our users. Of course, if we were to respond
How I Look at Resumes
“Life,” William James once said, “is in the transitions.” He wasn’t talking about weddings and graduations, but the lonely moments before, when a decision still
What We're Losing
We learned this weekend that Seattle may be on the verge of closing its second newsaper, the Seattle PI. A few days earlier, Clay Shirky
What We’re Losing
We learned this weekend that Seattle may be on the verge of closing its second newsaper, the Seattle PI. A few days earlier, Clay Shirky
Howdy, 2009!
Yesterday we talked about what Redfin achieved over the past year. Without thinking much about it, I promised a second post on our priorities for

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.