Somebody at Twitter likes us. Redfin today was one of about 30 launch partners to get advance notice on the new Tweet Button that allows you to easily use Twitter to share a listing with your legion of fans, without ever leaving the Redfin site. As of about 8 this morning, the new button is… Read More
Big news! After a long hiatus in which all our software development was focused on tools for our agents to schedule tours and monitor deals, some nifty features cropped up on Redfin’s site today, including ratings and reviews of schools, and the first chapter of a home-buying guide, on mortgages. We’re also now including foreclosures in… Read More
Have you read Andy Grove’s magnificent essay on Silicon Valley’s ability to create jobs? A reaction to Tom Friedman’s column “Startups, Not Bailouts,” it’s much better than what we wrote on the same topic a few weeks ago. Grove argues that Silicon Valley can’t create jobs because we out-source most of our manufacturing abroad. His startling… Read More
The National Association of Realtors has 1.2 million members. But only 100 are recognized in The Wall Street Journal as the industry’s top-producers. For the first time, Redfin agents were not only on the board, but all over the charts, with leaders drawn from markets in California, Washington and Virginia. Since we always say that… Read More
Every summer, Redfin hires interns from Stanford, Yale, Berkeley and the University of Washington. And at least once a summer, an intern posts an essay on our blog. Last year, Edward Chang, who will be rejoining Redfin for a permanent position this fall, explained why college students can’t be bothered with Twitter. Today, we’re publishing… Read More