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As the new year begins, the multifamily industry is still grappling with the impacts short-term rentals (STRs) continue to have on the apartment sector. A report from consulting firm D2 Demand Solutions outlines how multifamily firms can navigate “one of the fastest-changing developments in both the rental housing and lodging industries” and focuses on the various STR options and oper...

David Doctorow, a senior executive at eBay, will be the new CEO of Move Inc., the News Corp. subsidiary that operates Realtor.com. Effective Feb. 3, Doctorow will take the helm from and report to Tracey Fellows, who is News. Corp’s president of global digital real estate. “David is a thoughtful, dynamic leader with vast experience in contemporary digital commerce, and thus the ideal individu...

Venture capital investments in proptech companies picked up speed in the first week of the new year. The largest deals of the week went to companies that focus on the buying and selling of residential real estate. In the US, Roofstock, a California based online marketplace where users buy and sell rental homes in more than 70 U.S. markets, raised $50 million. Perch, a New York based developer of ...

Toyota has revealed plans to build a prototype ‘city of the future’ on a 175-acre site at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan. Pitched as a "living laboratory," Woven City will be home to full-time residents and researchers who will test and develop technologies such as autonomous vehicles, robotics, personal mobility, smart homes and artificial intelligence (AI). "Building a complete city from ...

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This article is part of a Property Report series looking at small investors and real estate, from new ways for individuals to buy slices of office towers to how to buy a stake in an investment home for as little as $50. Dan Miller became a pioneer of real-estate crowdfunding about eight years ago by selling stakes in mainstream property such as hotels, apartment buildings and offices to ...

Proptech investment has soared over the past two years and hit record highs in 2019, as the $3.5-trillion commercial real estate market undergoes its much-needed digital transformation. Large multi- and single-family rental owners and operators recognize the opportunity in front of them and are swiftly adopting technologies at unprecedented rates to streamline operations, improve resident experien...

The coworking concept CBRE launched in late 2018 has chosen the same neighborhood as Amazon HQ2 for its first East Coast location. JBG Smith announced Tuesday it signed a 39K SF lease with Hana, a CBRE subsidiary, at 2451 Crystal Drive in Arlington's Crystal City neighborhood.  The lease includes a revenue sharing agreement with the landlord, a JBG Smith spokesperson said, and Hana members wil...

As the iBuying craze grips the residential real estate industry, a startup that says it does that and more has secured $36 million in funding. New York-based Perch said Tuesday that it had secured the equity injection from a group of investors led by Navitas Capital. The firm, which this month rebranded itself as Orchard, provides a service that allows homeowners to buy a new home before they sel...

There are plenty of startups that say they’re making it easier to buy a home. There are fewer startups that are promising to make it easier to buy a home as an income-producing property. Among these is Roofstock, a four-year-old, Oakland, Ca.-based online marketplace where buyers and sellers buy and sell rental homes in more than 70 U.S. markets — homes with tenants residing in them oftentimes...