Company News

Redfin Mortgage Opens Tempe Hub, Hiring Variety of Mortgage Roles
Tempe office will support Redfin Mortgage’s West Coast expansion

Introducing Redfin’s Job Opportunity Tool
People moving, hiring talent, or performing research can use this tool to understand the differences between job opportunities and pay by location.

Why We Should All Support Clear Cooperation
Pocket listings harm consumers. When agents offer their listings to exclusive networks of buyers, the academic research suggests minorities are most often the ones who are excluded.

Redfin Direct Arrives in Texas
Homebuyers Can Now Buy Redfin Listings Online with the Launch of Redfin Direct in Texas

What I’ve Learned Running Redfin’s Products Organization
I still have the brown-paper sack on my desk, unopened, full of compliments. Melissa Blume, a Redfin director of product management, recently asked the team

Shedding Light on Buyer’s Agent Commissions
Redfin is the first brokerage to publicly display buyer’s agent commission for its own listings
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