‘It impacts everyone:’ Redfin adds zoning and land use data to listings

Redfin launched its latest listing data update on Monday, which provides zoning and land use data for more than 70 million listings in the U.S. and Canada. The feature will be available on iOS and Android by Q1 2023. Continue reading

Redfin launches in Hilton Head, South Carolina

In addition to its market expansion, the Seattle-headquartered brokerage also announced that its listing search coverage now encompasses 95 percent of the U.S. population. Continue reading

RentPath rental listings go live on Redfin’s real estate portal

For the first time, Redfin users will now be able to search the Seattle-based brokerage’s online listing portal for homes and apartments for rent, it was announced Wednesday. Continue reading

The biggest questions and answers about portals ditching crime data

Redfin, Trulia and realtor.com have all vowed to not use crime data going forward. The companies’ stands are now prompting a debate in the industry. Continue reading

Zillow-owned Trulia will ditch crime data beginning in 2022

The announcement comes days after realtor.com and Redfin also revealed plans to avoid crime data, with the latter company calling on others to follow suit. Continue reading

Redfin calls on real estate websites to drop crime data

The company cited the real estate industry’s history of redlining, as well as the potential to reinforce racial bias, as reasons to abandon crime data on search portals and other websites. Continue reading

Meet the former Amazon exec tasked with growing Redfin’s reach

Redfin Chief Growth Officer Christian Taubman shares how he balances leading Redfin’s product and marketing strategy and why keeping “the real world” in mind is key to creating tech and marketing that works. Continue reading

Redfin adds ClimateCheck risk data to its website

The news comes on the heels of RealScout and Ojo Labs also adding ClimateCheck data to their listings portals in recent months as consumers become increasingly concerned about climate change risk factors when buying a home. Continue reading