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
More Gadgets, Please
On hearing this week that Barnes & Noble stock traded up on 140% growth for its e-book reader, the Nook, I had only one thought:
Now You Can Buy Short Sales with Redfin
In the wee hours of the morning we released our latest Redfin upgrade; not only did we upgrade our site, but our service, too. Now,
Right Now, It’s All About the Inventory (August 2011 Roundup)
Every month, Redfin publishes two newsletters on real estate prices. One, usually published on the last Tuesday of every month, is a Redfin Roundup, which
My Critic, Steve Jobs
I have sometimes been a critic of Steve Jobs: for outsourcing manufacturing, overlooking charities, diverting idealists, sidestepping the web or simply demanding the best. But long before
Get Back in the Game
Everything I’ve read about the American economy argues that our most serious problem is the number of able-bodied men and women who in previous generations
Online Message Boards & Communities: “Think of It Like a Nightclub”
Bridget Frey, Redfin’s newest engineering director, recently joined us from Lithium, the software provider for our for-consumers-and-by-consumers online discussion site, Redfin Forums. Bridget hosted a