New ULI Report Highlights Ten Sustainability Topics for Real Estate in 2021

A new report from the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Greenprint Center for Building Performance shows that the real estate industry will take an increasingly focused view of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies in 2021. ULI is a global, multidisciplinary real estate organization whose work is driven by more than 45,000 members dedicated to responsible land use and building thriving communities.

Stone Point Capital, Insight Partners Agree to Buy CoreLogic

CoreLogic Inc. agreed to sell itself to two private-equity firms for about $6 billion, a surprising end to an auction of the real-estate-data provider that was kicked off by a pair of shareholder activists.

[VIDEO] Tech Demo: redIQ

redIQ is the most trusted deal analysis and underwriting platform on the market for multifamily owners, brokers, and lenders. Our platform allows CRE professionals to extract data automatically from rent rolls and operating statements and sync standardized data into institutional-caliber Excel models, and includes the ability to generate comps from highly reliable underwriting data sets among many other powerful features. Whether performing a cursory analysis or a full underwriting, redIQ’s cl…

Superstar Cities Are in Trouble

Some evenings, when pandemic cabin fever reaches critical levels, I relieve my claustrophobia by escaping into the dreamworld of Zillow, the real-estate website. From the familiar confines of my Washington, D.C., apartment, I teleport to a ranch on the outskirts of Boise, Idaho; to a patio nestled in the hillsides of Phoenix, Arizona; or to a regal living room in one of the baroque palaces of Plano, Texas. …

Energy efficiency is no longer enough. This is the next big challenge for green building

Industrious Set To Take Over 1M SF Of Its Competitors’ Abandoned Space This Year

Coworking operators that lease their locations are going bankrupt or giving back space as they try to survive the coronavirus pandemic, leaving landlords with suddenly unspoken-for coworking spaces in a brutal office leasing market.

Smart Building Tech Adoption Creating Fertile Ground For Hackers

The use of connected building technology is exploding amid the coronavirus pandemic, forcing property owners and managers to find more ways to provide services to residents without face-to-face interaction. But as adoption of the Internet of Things has grown, awareness of its security risks hasn’t kept pace. …

Valon closes on $50M a16z-led Series A to grow mobile-first mortgage servicing platform

Valon Mortgage, a tech-enabled mortgage servicer, announced this morning it has raised $50 million in a Series A round of funding — which is large for its stage even by today’s standards.

LeaseLock raises $52M for security-deposit alternative

California-based LeaseLock is the latest startup to raise money for a security deposit alternative, pocketing $52 million from investors, the company announced Wednesday. The Series B was led by Westerly Winds, a London-based firm started by founding partners from BlackRock, and Wildcat Venture Partners.

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