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Welcome Microsoftlings, We Love You
A job applicant just told me Thursday that “Everybody knows you don’t like Microsoft or Amazon people.” Just last week, a board member heard the
Lightweight Headless Test for Trailing Commas in JavaScript
Yesterday one of my co-workers spent hours reproducing and tracking down a bug that turned out to be a stray comma. Unfortunately, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Should Yammer Really Be Called Crammer?
Have you heard? Yammer is Twitter for corporations. On Monday it launched. On Wednesday, it won TechCrunch50’s top prize. By this morning, Yammer was reporting
Honey, I Shrunk the Startups!
Barack Obama and John McCain are going to spend the next two months arguing over the economy, mostly about how to foster innovation. The politicians
Message in a Bottle
We’ve been experimenting with messages in various locations across Redfin.com. Recently, we placed an announcement in a message box at the top of our map
TechCrunch Asks the $24,000 Question
A strange thing happened in online real estate last Friday. After three years of fierce competition and $100+ million in venture capital, TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld
Introducing Redfin 3.0: Redfin Becomes a No-Brainer
***UPDATE AS OF JULY 8, 2014: The Redfin homebuyer refund is calculated on a sliding scale, and varies by market. The average refund is about one-third
In the Land of Steve, Quality Counts for Something
Redfin is now the top-rated real estate application on every major mobile device. This is an objective fact for Android, where Redfin stands clearly above
Will I Make More Money if My Listing Agent Also Represents the Buyer?
A surprising number of U.S. listings – about 1 in 10 — are sold by a real estate agent who also represents the buyer. How, we wondered, does this work out for the seller who originally hired the real estate agent?
Beginning Thursday, Redfin Will Not Display Zillow Listings
Redfin received notice late last Friday that on Thursday, February 9, Zillow will no longer be sending us for-sale-by-owner listings and other manually posted listings
When The Laws of Supply and Demand Go Haywire
The first month of every year for Redfin is like the first five minutes of a blind date: it doesn’t take long to figure out
What Happens on a Home Tour Doesn’t Always Stay on a Home Tour
Real estate has a weird side, and we at Redfin think it’s about time the public had a glimpse into it. We’re proud to introduce
