Company News
Redfin’s Year in Mobile – Updates to iOS and Android Apps
The Redfin engineering team has been hard at work this year adding new features and updates to our award-winning mobile apps. With mobile devices now driving two thirds of our traffic, we know how important it is to have access to information on the go.
Using Fresco to Load Images Efficiently on Android
It’s well known that you don’t get a second chance at a first impression and often, it’s the first impression that becomes the lasting memory.
The Second Silicon Valleys
The influx of technology workers will bring more wealth to cities like Portland and Seattle, but also new challenges. We can’t just stick our heads in the sand.
Thoughts on Transitioning to Universal JavaScript
(aka “Thoughts on Transitioning to isomorphic JavaScript”) For the past year, Redfin has been quietly converting our most heavily trafficked pages from being built with
No Money Down? Redfin and D.C. Open Doors to Host Free Home Buying Class
If you want to become a homeowner but don’t have the savings for a down payment, the D.C. Open Doors program might be an option. Join us in DuPont Circle for a free class Sept. 24.
Redfin Agents Have Arrived in the Piedmont Triad Region in North Carolina!
People in Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point can now work with a local Redfin agent to buy and sell homes.
When Bad Companies Do Good Things
Entrepreneurs often ask me where good ideas come from. My answer usually is from bad companies. The most obvious example of this is Facebook. MySpace
Knowers and Learners
At breakfast earlier this month, my friend Roy Gilbert made an offhand reference to two types of people, knowers and learners. It was a distinction
Redfin Now Showing 700% More Foreclosed Homes
Last night, we flipped the switch on a different data source that gives us a more complete picture of the number of foreclosed homes that
The Double-Dip (Probably) Stops Dipping in March (Feb. 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
How Much Would Mint Be Worth Now?
It has almost been 18 months since Intuit acquired Mint for $170 million, so long ago that we can hardly remember how vigorously venture investors
Friendship and Solitude
Have you read the wonderful, deeply counter-cultural lecture on solitude and leadership delivered by William Deresiewicz in spring 2010 to the West Point plebe class? I
