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LONDON and NEW YORK — In 2010, the biggest office tenants in these two metropolises would have been just as recognizable in 1910, and sum up the history of these places. In New York, it was JPMorgan Chase, the bank founded by the financier who helped fund the creation of modern America. In London, it was HSBC, the former Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp., a company that ties together Lo...

LeaseHawk has launched Agent AI, a new AI tool to track leasing agent performance. The tool measures leasing agent call performance on all first-time prospect calls to ultimately identify gaps in leasing agent performance and reduce their dependency on costly phone shops. For the past 7 years, LeaseHawk scored the call performance on over 25,000 unique leasing agents on over 5...

Opendoor, an instant-homebuying startup with a valuation of $3.8 billion, is moving into lending. The company announced its newest program, Opendoor Home Loans, on Thursday, promising it would make the process of securing a mortgage quicker, simpler and more transparent. Through the Opendoor app, consumers can determine if they pre-qualify for financing, regardless of whether they planned to...

Co-living developer The Collective has received planning consent for its latest London scheme, taking its pipeline past 8,000 units. The company received planning consent this week from Wandsworth Council for its 292-room Garratt Mills scheme in Earlsfield, West London. It has received planning for three new London schemes this year in Earlsfield, Harrow and Hackney Wick, taking its open or und...

The technology giant is teaming up with its subsidiary, Sidewalk Labs LLC, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to launch an infrastructure holding company that is being spun out of Sidewalk. Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, as the new firm will be known, will focus on investing in what the group calls technology-enabled infrastructure, the partners said. The firm, which will be funded initial...

How would you invest in housing? Would it be a wager on massive disruption? More convenience? A bet on streamlined regulation or policy? Improved access to capital? There are dozens of more ways. More and more investment is being aimed at real estate because of the massive opportunities – housing is in high demand and low supply.