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Why I Work at Redfin: Sarah D’Avignon
Sarah D’Avignon is a Portland Redfin listing agent with a passion for people.

Why I Work at Redfin: Jeremy Beauvarlet
Driven to play a part in improving the traditional real estate model, Jeremy brings fire and “wow” to his work as a Redfin Agent.

Why I Work at Redfin: Zane Jacobs
Zane Jacobs is a Redfin listing specialist in the windy city of Chicago, IL. Originally from , Zane brings a love for the outdoors and an ingrained work ethic to Redfin.

Why I Work at Redfin: Christy Cottle
Christy Cottle may be new to Seattle, but she’s no stranger to real estate. Now eight months into her career at Redfin, Christy continues to exude excitement about her role as a listing agent.

Why I Work at Redfin: Tom Baumgartner
Tom Baumgartner is a San Francisco listing agent who has a genuine heart for service and lives the Redfin values.

One Percent Listing Fee Arrives in 18 Additional Markets
Sell your home for $3,000 more on average and pay less than half the usual commission.
If I Can Change, and You Can Change, Everybody Can Change!
There’s plenty of talk on Twitter and the web about my saying in an interview with the Globe & Mail in Toronto that the real estate industry
Email, Phone & Fax All Back Online
All the ways you’d normally communicate with us are now back online. This includes agent emails, agent office phone numbers and fax numbers. We’re very
Daniel Phommathep, Rest in Peace
Dave Selinger, Redfin’s founding CTO and now the CEO of RichRelevance, contacted us today with news that one of the original developers of Redfin’s website,
First the Novel, Then The Essay, Now The Link
The web has turned every writer into a modernist poet. Take the strange little masterpiece that is Tom Scocca’s essay on the martyrdom of Gilbert
Laziness (in proxies) is a virtue
In Hibernate, when you indicate that a domain object should not support lazy proxies, you make it hard for DAO writers to get their code to perform well. Worse, you disable a capability that they may be counting on, and they may not notice until there are major performance problems. Unless you have a good reason to, use “@Proxy(lazy = true)” on your domain objects.
We Blew Up the Call Center (And We Launched Atlanta)
The world’s best real estate brokerage came to Atlanta today, increasing the number of active listings available on Redfin’s site by a whopping 30%. But