Startup Firms Help Home Buyers Win Bidding Wars With All-Cash Offers
Wall Street Journal
Some companies front buyers the cash to buy homes outright; others buy houses directly on a buyer’s behalf and then sell them to the buyer.
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Digital Mortgage Lender Better Accelerates Location Planning With Vertis
Businesswire
Better, a digital-first homeownership company, is accelerating workplace and workforce transformation and best practices with the implementation of Vertis as its market intelligence platform partner. The Vertis Market Intelligence PlatformSM allowed Better to deftly navigate exponential growth, support remote work and location planning, and meet regulatory compliance during the coronavirus pandemic, while continuing to deliver online mortgage services to customers within minutes….
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Is Live-Stream Shopping the Future of Retail?
Wall Street Journal
Ntwrk, a 3-year-old app, functions as a sort of streetwear QVC. But how well does live-stream shopping really work?
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Air quality monitoring initiative rolled out in Dublin
Smart Cities World
Parcel-delivery company DPD Ireland has partnered with Pollutrack to install air quality sensors on 22 buildings and 102 vehicles in the Republic of Ireland capital.
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Adopting a Technological Mindset in CRE, Part 1
CREtech
David Schwartz discusses how Waterton is utilizing Artificial Intelligence to create a smarter, more efficient workflow, and how he has evolved his approach towards how his team adopts and incorporates technology internally.
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CRE Academy Podcast Featuring Michael Beckerman Now Live
CRE Academy
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The Future of Apartment Buildings Without a Leasing Office
Multifamily Executive
Apartment communities traditionally have had a designated leasing office and prevalent on-site teams. But a shift is emerging in renter preferences and the multifamily mindset on what apartment leasing and living could be. As owners and operators are learning that prospects and residents have become much more comfortable with self-service concepts, they are switching gears to accommodate these preferences and modernize operations.
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Fifth Wall Kicks Off Climate Week NYC By Welcoming Many New Strategic Investors & A New Partner To Its Climate Tech Fund
PR Newswire
Industry Heavyweights Equity Residential, Hudson Pacific Properties, Invitation Homes, Ivanhoé Cambridge, and Kimco Realty Corporation join the largest-ever real estate industry consortium to invest in climate tech to decarbonize the real estate industry
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Mynd raises $57.3M at an $807M valuation to give people a way to invest in rental properties remotely
TechCrunch
Mynd, a company that aims to make it easier for people to buy and manage single-family rental properties, announced today it has raised $57.3 million in funding from QED Investors. The financing values the Oakland, California-based company at $807 million, and brings the company’s total raised to $174.9 million since its 2016 inception. Invesco Real Estate led its previous round, a $40 million raise, and committed $5 billion to purchase and rent 20,000 single-family homes through Mynd over the …
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French construction tech platform Saqara raises £7.6M to expand in UK
UK Tech
French scaleup Saqara is a digital construction and infrastructure bid management platform. In a recent development, the digital procurement platform just raised $10.6 million in the largest French Series A fundraising round.
