SVN partners with Walton Global on build-to-rent venture
The Real Deal
SVN | SFR Capital Management and Walton Global Holdings USA are charging head first into the single family rental space.
Latest Trends and Insights in Real Estate Technology
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£120m Causeway investment sets UK record
PlaceTech
Rothschild & Co has invested £120m in construction tech company Causeway in what is believed to be the largest private equity investment in a British tech firm working in property or construction.
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Co-living gets a psychology-based SaaS platform
PlaceTech
Coly Technologies has launched a SaaS management platform for co-living operators, betting on a ‘community psychology’ approach to set itself apart. The brainchild of Swedish co-living operator Colive, Coly features an app for tenants, application software for prospective tenants and a management dashboard for operators.
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Does Big Tech Make Good Neighbors?
The New York Times
Digital life reaches far beyond our screens into the real world. That means we must figure out how to live with the impacts of technology in our backyards.
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Aging Office Parks: The Next Generation of Multifamily Housing?
MFE
Several converging trends are contributing to an increase in the number of real estate developers transforming older office parks into competitive mixed-use properties, introducing multifamily housing to create communities that offer an appealing live-work environment.
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In Las Vegas, “driverless” cars arrive via remote control
Axios
A new ride-hailing service in Las Vegas is targeting people who are curious about autonomous vehicles but aren’t yet ready to climb into the back seat and let a robot drive.
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Global Venture Funding Hits All-Time High In First Half Of 2021, With $288B Invested
Crunchbase News
Global venture capital funding in the first half of 2021 shattered records as more than $288 billion was invested worldwide, Crunchbase numbers show. That’s up by just under $110 billion compared to the previous half-year record that was just set in the second half of 2020.
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ATTOM Acquires GeoData Plus, Continuing Its Mission to Increase Real Estate Transparency
Attom
IRVINE, Calif. – July 7, 2021 — ATTOM, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today announced it has acquired GeoData Plus, the leading application for in-depth property research, valuation, and prospecting tools.
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As Covid restrictions ease, London-based online marketplace for startup office space Hubble picks up £2M funding
UK Tech News
London-based Hubble is an online marketplace that provides flexible office spaces to businesses of any size. Now, the company announced that it picked up £2 million, which takes the overall investment raised by the coworking startup to £10 million.
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Elon Musk’s $50K TX house is a humble prefab home that can be towed by a Model X
Teslarati
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has mentioned that he now lives in a ~$50K house at Starbase, Texas, where his private space company, SpaceX, is manufacturing its Starships. Based on images of the home, it appears that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO is indeed living modestly in a prefabricated housing unit that’s only about 400 square feet.
