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So Long, 2008
At today’s all-hands meeting, Redfin surveyed our 2008 accomplishments alongside what we wanted to do better in 2009. It was a good exercise, both so
A Free Call Option on the American Economy
This is an essay arguing that some of the same forces driving Wall Street have affected Sand Hill Road, so that entrepreneurs try to make
Which City Has the Lowest Percentage of Homes for Sale? Envelope Please…
We just published a table showing the percentage of listings being sold by a bank. But then we began to wonder: what percentage of properties
Our Maps Are Googley Now
Redfin just released a new version of the site. In addition to improving our short sale detection in Orange County and parts of LA and
A Virtual Earth to Google Maps Transition: From Idea to Deployment In a Few Weeks
Whenever I out myself as a member of the Redfin search team to someone who has used Redfin, one of the first questions I get
Redfin on TechCrunch: The First-Time CEO’s Recession-Survival Guide
Many thanks to Michael Arrington and Erick Schonfeld for publishing an essay this morning on what I’ve learned as a CEO during the downturn. Did

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.