Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
Placetech
From JLL Spark in the US to PwC in Germany, major global investors have recently backed VC fund PropTech 1 Ventures. PlaceTech spoke to managing partner Nikolas Samios to find out what’s driving that interest in proptech and what problems in real estate the fund wants to fix.
CREtech
John Fitzpatrick, Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of Alternative Asset Management Technology at Blackstone, will be interviewed by Brad Greiwe, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Fifth Wall, in a Keynote discussion. Fitzpatrick serves as the Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of Alternative Asset Management Technology at Blackstone, and has played an integral role in advancing Blackstone’s investments in targeted, early-stage, and technology-related opportunities. Prio…
Bizjournals
Homeowners seeking debt relief now have another option to pull cash from their home equity with the launch of Unlock Technologies Inc.
Wall Street Journal
Navitas Capital has raised $160 million for its third venture fund to invest in early-stage startups in real-estate tech after a bumpy period for the sector. Real-estate startups in the U.S. are experiencing a resurgence of interest after a drop in venture funding in 2020.
CREtech
Jesse Carrillo of Hines opens up about how the pandemic forced the industry to pivot in both the strategy and function of the office, and what that means from a development perspective.
CREtech
As the real estate sector is responsible for 40% of all carbon emissions globally, the industry has both the obligation as well as the opportunity to make an extraordinary impact in creating a healthier, safer, cleaner, and more equitable planet. Learn from CRE’s most respected sustainability leaders on their respective company missions, drivers and strategies to decarbonize their portfolios. In this panel, we address: The moral and financial case for meaningfully adopting and investing in…
Commercial Real Estate Show
Michael Beckerman with CREtech joins Michael to discuss the biggest trends in real estate technology, upcoming events, and tips for owners and property managers to get the most out of their tech.
CREtech
New York (November 4, 2021) — CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced their 2022 In-Person Event Schedule which will boast unparalleled networking opportunities, presentations from the leading built work innovation experts, and much more. CREtech will be hosting multi-day conferences in San Diego, London and New York, and the first ever CREtech Climate Conference, hosted in Copenhagen. The lineu…
This is Money
There could be a ‘zero-carbon’ homes revolution across Britain, after a net-zero housebuilder received millions of pounds from the Government to hone its green technology. Homes England, the Government’s housing agency, has provided £3.9million of funding to Etopia Group, This is Money can exclusively reveal. It builds extremely energy-efficient houses that could save homeowners up to £700 pounds on their bills each year. It says the homes, which are precision-engineered in factories, save th…
Wall Street Journal
Real-estate firm Zillow Group Inc. is exiting from the home-flipping business, saying Tuesday that its algorithmic+ model to buy and sell homes rapidly doesn’t work as planned. The firm’s termination of its tech-enabled home-flipping business, known as “iBuying,” follows Zillow’s announcement about two weeks ago that it was halting all new home purchases for the rest of the year. At the time, Zillow pointed to labor and supply shortages for its inability to renovate and flip houses fast enoug…
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