Alina Ptaszynski, Author at Redfin Real Estate News

Redfin Launches Rental Search!

March 23, 2022

Consumers Can Now Search for Apartments and Homes for Rent on Redfin’s Website and Apps Rental Search is Powered by RentPath, which Redfin Acquired in 2021 Property Managers Can Market Rentals to Redfin’s 47 Million Monthly Visitors Big news! Today we launched nationwide rental search, letting consumers search for both rental and for-sale home listings

Redfin Partners with ADT to Expand Direct Access

October 5, 2021

Redfin Direct Access lets buyers self-tour homes with the touch of a button, driving twice as many tours for Redfin’s home-selling customers Today we announced a significant expansion of Direct Access, our featured that lets homebuyers self-tour vacant Redfin-listed homes with or without an agent, using the Redfin app to unlock the door. We’re partnering

Career Accelerator Program Brings New, Diverse Talent into the Real Estate Industry

July 8, 2021

We are pleased to announce our new career accelerator program, which will hire and train 50 new real estate agents in the Seattle and Washington, D.C. metro areas. This program is designed for people from outside the real estate industry to successfully transition into a full-time, real estate career. Unlike most agents who work as

Redfin Surpasses $1 Billion in Customer Savings

June 7, 2021

Redfin Customers Saved an Average of $8,200 in Real Estate Fees in 2020 Redfin just passed a major milestone: we’ve now saved our customers more than $1 billion in real estate fees! Since 2006, we’ve been saving customers money by charging sellers a low listing fee and giving homebuyers a commission refund when they purchase