All Redfin Reports
Why I Work At Redfin: Danny Roberts, Recruiting
Danny Roberts explains how his experience on “The Real World” and multiple jobs after that prepared him for his role at Redfin, and what he loves about the company. It kicks off a new series we’re starting on the Redfin Blog featuring employees in different jobs and departments.
A/B Testing Framework: Build or Buy?
Six months ago Redfin needed an A/B testing framework. The big question: “Do we use a service or do we build our own?” After a lot of investigating we chose to build our own. This summary of our investigation should provide some useful context to anyone trying to make the same decision. What flavor do
Buying a Condo in Ballard Just Got More Beautiful: Introducing Solo Lofts
Today Redfin announced that 20 condos are available for pre-sale in the new Solo Lofts building coming to Ballard.
Hottest Neighborhoods of 2014
As we usher in the new real estate season at Redfin, a big question on our minds is: Which neighborhoods will be the darlings of 2014? In search of answers, we went to our website users, tallying hundreds of millions of pages they visited and homes they added as Favorites to monitor for price changes
New Ranking of Best U.S. Cities for Public Transit
Today we’re announcing a new ranking of the best cities in the United States for public transit. We’ve calculated the Transit Score for 316 cities and almost 7,000 neighborhoods to help home shoppers and apartment hunters find places to live with better commutes and more transportation choices. Where Can You Live Car-Free? Here are the
Design of Everyday Things at Redfin
“Rule of thumb: if you think something is clever and sophisticated beware-it is probably self-indulgence.” – Donald A. Norman To supplement the Redfin new developer library (JS the good parts, Effective JS, Effective Java) I recently borrowed Donald Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things” from Kevin, a UX designer on the Commerce Team. This