TODAY at 11 am EST! Developing in the Metaverse: Virtual Real Estate and the Blockchain

These days, everyone and their corporate parent company is talking about the metaverse, from Microsoft to Nike to fka Facebook. Digital platforms are beginning to emerge as key gateways to the metaverse, with a corresponding virtual land grab to claim ownership on these platforms. Currently, virtual real estate investments can bear many similarities to physical real estate, with the ability to fractionalize parcels or  “develop” income-generating components such as shops or event spaces. In…

CREtech and Second Century Ventures Partner To Raise Awareness Of Technology’s Role In Solving The U.S. Affordable Housing Crisis

New York, NY (February 9, 2022) — CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced a partnership with Second Century Ventures, one of the most respected and active PropTech investors in the industry, to raise awareness of technology’s role in solving the affordable housing crisis plaguing much of the world today. The newly launched CREtech Affordable Housing initiative aims to be a comprehensive resource fo…

Are you attending the most important proptech event this March?

CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced the speakers and schedule for their real estate technology conference, CREtech San Diego 2022 on March 22nd and 23rd.

Buyer beware: Proptech SPACs have lost their shine

For proptech companies considering going public, it may be prudent to wait.

Most of the proptechs that did so over the last 18 months the fashionable way — via mergers with special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs — have been duds, their stock prices today in the gutter.

Walker & Dunlop Acquires GeoPhy to Accelerate Technology-Driven Businesses

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GeoPhy, a leading commercial real estate technology company. GeoPhy’s data analytics and development capabilities will dramatically accelerate the growth of Walker & Dunlop’s lending, brokerage, and emerging businesses including Apprise, its tech-enabled appraisal business and its small balance lending (SBL) platform. GeoPhy CEO and co-founder, Teun van den Dries will continue to lead the Geo…

CREtech Conference Returns to London with Sustainability Focus

CREtech, the largest community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced the return of Europe’s most important real estate technology networking conference, with Julie Hirigoyen, CEO of UK Green Buildings Council (UKGBC) set to deliver a Keynote Presentation. CREtech London 2022 will take place on April 27th and 28th at one of London’s premier event venues, Magazine London.

Venus Williams, Kevin Durant Believe In This Lease-To-Own Commercial Startup

A startup that uses a lease-to-own business model to give small-business owners greater opportunities to own their commercial property is gaining funding traction from big-name investors.

Proptech startup Rhino lays off over 20% of its staff

Rhino, a proptech startup that offers an alternative to security deposits, has laid off 57 employees, or more than 20 percent of its staff, The Real Deal has learned. Employees were informed of the cuts in an email Thursday morning from CEO Paraag Sarva. Those to be let go were invited to a noon meeting, according to a laid-off staffer who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Bridging the Gap Between Corporate Goals and Corporate Real Estate, Part 1

Simon Davis, SVP of Workplace at Impec Group, discusses the changing role of the office and how owners and occupiers will need to lean into technology in order to be efficient and successful.

CREtech Climate Cast: Sustainability in Solar featuring Brett Phillips

Brett Phillips, Vice President of Unico Properties | Unico Solar Investors, discusses the strategy behind the formation of Unico Solar in 2017, the impact that the solar industry has on an eventual net-zero world and insights into their high-profile project, Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.