Company News

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.

All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Hire Smart People Everywhere
Many years ago, one of Redfin’s investors asked Sean Moriarty, former TicketMaster CEO, to take me to lunch. Sean asked only two questions: “Are you
Redfin Real-Time Home Price Tracker: June Prices Increased 3.0%, But Sales Slowing
Across 19 major metropolitan markets, June prices increased 3.0% year over year, and 2.6% month over month. The number of homes for sale declined 25.3% from June 2011 to June 2012, and by 2.4% since May.
The Real-Time Demand Pulse: August Sales Improve Only Moderately Over Prior Year
Redfin is publishing demand data from our own business in a new monthly analysis of thousands of customers touring homes and signing offers with Redfin agents across 18 U.S. markets.
How to hide the toolbar in Eclipse Juno
Update as of 22 Oct 2012 – the latest version of Eclipse Juno now saves toolbar state across application launches. Great news! The original blog
The Cream Rises to the Top
Every year, the Wall Street Journal and Real Trends come out with their list of the 250 top-producing real estate agents in the country for
We’ll Push, You Steer: Instant Updates Available on iPhone & iPad
If you’re a serious home buyer, you’ve been following the news on the housing market about bidding wars, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it sales and the depressed and depressing inventory