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CRETECH January 25, 2018
Fifth Wall Ventures led a $4.25 million seed funding round for Enertiv, a property tech company that creates hardware and software to track the performance and energy usage of building systems, Commercial Observer has learned. Rudin Ventures, the Rudin family’s investing arm, also joined the funding round as well as New York Angels, Cerium Technology and MetaProp NYC. Enertiv, a seven-year-old c...
CRETECH January 25, 2018
While rent-to-own is not a new concept in the housing market, a new real estate company is set to launch that aims to rebrand renting to own into a buyer-friendly proposition. Divvy Homes, which soft-launched two months ago, claims that its program offers consumers the flexibility of renting with the financial benefits of homeownership. In the not-to-distant past, other rent-to-own operators were ...
CRETECH January 25, 2018
Buying a home is the most important financial decision an American consumer makes in his or her lifetime. Home equity is the largest source of consumer wealth, and home mortgages the largest consumer obligation. And yet, despite the profound impact of home ownership on the U.S. economy and individual families, it remains slow, arduous, and hopelessly antiquated. Increased liquidity, consumer trans...
CRETECH January 24, 2018
Amazon seems to agree that Atlanta has it going on. And although the city is too busy to hate, it may soon draw envy--and lots of it. Atlanta has the best odds of being selected to host Amazon's second headquarters, according to new research published this week. The demographic data firm Sperling's BestPlaces based its predictions on factors including cost of living, access to transport...
CRETECH January 24, 2018
Buying a home is the most important financial decision an American consumer makes in his or her lifetime. Home equity is the largest source of consumer wealth, and home mortgages the largest consumer obligation. And yet, despite the profound impact of home ownership on the U.S. economy and individual families, it remains slow, arduous, and hopelessly antiquated. Increased liquidity, consumer trans...
CRETECH January 24, 2018
Buying a home is the most important financial decision an American consumer makes in his or her lifetime. Home equity is the largest source of consumer wealth, and home mortgages the largest consumer obligation. And yet, despite the profound impact of home ownership on the U.S. economy and individual families, it remains slow, arduous, and hopelessly antiquated. Increased liquidity, consumer trans...
CRETECH January 24, 2018
Buying a home is the most important financial decision an American consumer makes in his or her lifetime. Home equity is the largest source of consumer wealth, and home mortgages the largest consumer obligation. And yet, despite the profound impact of home ownership on the U.S. economy and individual families, it remains slow, arduous, and hopelessly antiquated. Increased liquidity, consumer trans...
CRETECH January 24, 2018
Global property startup Propy is launching a pilot program with the city clerk's office in South Burlington, Vermont, where it is using blockchain technology to record real estate conveyance documents, that is, paperwork related to the transfer of property ownership. Propy CEO Natalia Karayaneva told Inman that leveraging blockchain, a secure, distributed ledger, stands to shrink the recordin...
CRETECH January 24, 2018
Katerra’s goal is to help build construction projects faster and at lower costs by controlling all aspects of the process from design through construction. (Bloomberg)—SoftBank Group Corp. led an $865 million investment in Katerra Inc., a little-known construction-technology startup seeking to shake up the building industry. Katerra’s valuation is now more than $3 billion, said Michael Marks...
CRETECH January 24, 2018
  By Turner Levison  Posted January 24, 2018  In Uncategorized Seven Advantages of Cloud-Computing and Real Estate2018-01-242018-01-16https://commissiontrac.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ctlh.pngCommissionTrachttps://commissiontrac.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ct-blog-template-9-1.png200px200px 0 Behind all industry disruption there lies an unseen power. Think of the steam engine and the Ind...