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Redfin’s updated iPhone app adds Facebook Messenger integration

Redfin plans a significant update to its iPhone app, aiming to improve how users share listings from the Seattle-based brokerage with their friends on Facebook. When… Read More

Redfin continues expansion, adds agents in Las Vegas

Redfin continues its national expansion, possibly positioning for an initial public offering following a $50 million funding round last fall.… Read More

Redfin investor Tiger Global buys 9.5% stake in Zillow, shares surge

Tiger Global must really like online real estate. Just five months after participating in a $50 million venture round in… Read More

Redfin founder re-emerges with Surefield, a new way to sell homes with virtual open houses

David Eraker is getting back into the real estate business, 12 years after he co-founded Seattle-based Redfin. Eraker, who left… Read More

Placester closes $5.5M round for yet another online real estate idea

Here’s another spin on bringing the real estate industry online that could enable any agent to compete directly with the likes of Zillow or Redfin.… Read More

Redfin continues big 2014 expansion push: Next up is Orlando, Tucson and Norfolk

Redfin is bolstering its national real estate presence, perhaps yet another sign that the Seattle online real estate company is… Read More

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Redfin to Zillow: Make these 6 changes to how you show our properties online

Another day, another spat in the online real estate arena. Today, it’s Redfin, which has picked a fight with its… Read More

VC Keith Rabois looks to upend real estate with Homerun, an ambitious (or crazy) idea to sell homes over the Internet in an instant

Get ready for yet another online real estate startup. This one is codenamed Homerun, and it promises to change the… Read More

Redfin’s first CTO explains lawsuit against the company, says he just wants to be treated fairly

David Selinger is a die-hard Redfin supporter. He’s purchased homes through the online real estate service, and speaks highly of… Read More

Redfin co-founder and ex-CTO sue company, allege scheme to cancel shares as IPO nears

Redfin is facing a lawsuit in King County Superior Court from two of its earliest employees who allege that the… Read More

Is this Realtor’s Web site a direct rip off of Redfin?

Take a look at the Web site of Asset Realty Group, and you might start to see some striking similarities… Read More

Surprise, you’ve got a Windows Phone app! Microsoft irks big brands in bid to stock mobile store

The new Redfin app for Microsoft’s Windows Phone promises to deliver the core features of the online real estate service, including… Read More

Redfin improperly classifies field agents as contractors in California, suit says

Redfin is facing a class action suit in California for classifying field agents as independent contractors. The suit — filed… Read More

Evite co-founder, former Priceline.com CFO named to the board of Redfin

Redfin is bolstering its board of directors, a sign that the Seattle online real estate company may be positioning for… Read More

Tech Moves: Stealthy startup Qumulo bolsters exec ranks with Isilon vets; and more

—Qumulo, the data storage company led by former Isilon exec Peter Godman, still hasn’t told the world what it’s building.… Read More

Redfin sets stage for TV ad blitz, seeks swashbuckling ad executive to build brand

Could we start to see Redfin ads on TV? A new job description from the Seattle online real estate company… Read More

Redfin mirrors tactics of traditional real estate: Opens Ballard office, tests direct mail

Redfin is starting to look more and more like a traditional real estate company — the type of firm that… Read More

Redfin market speed data reveals cities with fastest home-selling markets

Seattle online real estate company Redfin today published its market speed data for November, which shows cities that have the… Read More

Madrona skips participating in Redfin’s $50M round, but remains biggest investor

In doing a review of the top VC deals of the year, I noticed something a little odd. In the… Read More

Redfin continues expansion, moves into Rhode Island and San Antonio

Fresh off its $50 million funding round, Redfin continues to expand into new markets. GeekWire has learned that the company… Read More

Microsoft axes stack rank; Xbox One debuts; and other top posts of the month

Whoa, we thought it was supposed to be a short holiday month with folks taking a bit of a breather… Read More

Redfin shakes up executive ranks: CMO and 2 VPs to depart

Just days after raising a $50 million venture financing round, Seattle-based Redfin is parting ways with three key executives, GeekWire… Read More

Q&A: Glenn Kelman says Redfin will use $50M injection to get pulse of Wall Street and remain ‘unpredictable’

Redfin is on pace to hit between $50 million and $100 million in revenue this year, and its annual run… Read More

Documents: Redfin raising $50M funding round in major new step for online real estate company

Seattle online real estate company Redfin appears to be on the cusp of announcing a huge financing round, corporate documents… Read More

Redfin rolls out Builder Services to help condo developers and home builders sell properties faster

Redfin is going after a new real estate niche in a big way. The Seattle real estate brokerage today is… Read More

Redfin looking to expand in Minneapolis

Redfin expanded in a big way earlier this year — announcing in February that it had opened for business in Houston,… Read More

Tech Moves: Tim Ellis departs Redfin for Porch; Cray names VP of sales; etc.

—Tim Ellis is trading in one online real estate company for another. Ellis, who has worked for Redfin and writes… Read More

Redfin suspends Price Whisperer service in Seattle after one week, apologizes for violating MLS rules

Redfin has bumped into those pesky rules and regulations again. The Seattle online real estate brokerage, which is known for… Read More

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Redfin unveils Price Whisperer to help homeowners figure out what their home could fetch

Redfin today is rolling out a new online service dubbed Price Whisperer, an offering that allows home buyers who may… Read More

Redfin, Zillow and Trulia agree on the next big thing in real estate: Finding a home through automated recommendations

SAN FRANCISCO — The titans of the online real estate business took the stage Wednesday at the Real Estate Connect… Read More

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