Many real estate investors, bloggers, and technology firms are asking: Are machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) transforming our industry, or is it just hype? This question served as the basis of an exploration of the emerging ML/AI technology firms in the real estate space...
Property management company Renters Warehouse acquired OwnAmerica Real Estate, an online marketplace for the sale of single-family rental homes.
Renters Warehouse already manages around 22,000 rental houses across the U.S., often on behalf of institutional owners, Bloomberg reported. By buying OwnAmerica, the company is expanding the range of services it offers to customers.
Airbnb is officially getting into the business of home design with a new initiative called Backyard.
Prototypes of the housing developed for Airbnb Backyard will be revealed in 2019 and the models are expected to range from guest houses to single-family and even multifamily homes, according to Fast Company.
New software tracks every purchase you’ve made, product you’ve returned, ad you’ve clicked on and item you’ve tossed from your cart.
Jessica Ferro recently ordered $200 worth of makeup from Sephora’s online app—and then waited a month for it to arrive. Despite conversations with multiple customer-service agents, the shipment had gone to her ol...
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Home-buying startups that use technology to offer sellers a quick deal are increasingly offloading homes to institutional players that convert the homes into rentals.
One in 10 homes sold by startups like
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 4.86% is testing its cashierless checkout technology for bigger stores, according to people familiar with the matter. I...
Knotel, the fast expanding flexible office company, is looking past the United States and Europe for more office space and has headed south to Latin America, with plans to open office space in Brazil.
The firm said this week it will open 100,000 square feet in offices across São Paulo, before expanding into Rio de Janeiro, according to Bloomberg.
Technology is looked at as a curse by some property managers who say that technology is not addressing common “pain points.” The Common Areas Property Management and Technology Sentiment Report from software company Common Areas, shows that property managers consider technology both a “blessing and a curse.” The areas of concern—or pain points—named in the survey inclu...
After getting blank stares from young tech execs when he handed them a stack of paper about options for office space, tenant rep Bobby Go...