Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
Join Digital
As the world strives to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, we are all working hard to keep our families and communities safe and healthy. Here at Join, we are focused on maintaining the wellbeing of our employees while ensuring we continue to deliver the same level of service our customers depend on.
Wall Street Journal
Two WeWork directors filed a lawsuit against SoftBank Group Corp. on behalf of the co-working company after the Japanese conglomerate backed away from a deal to buy up to $3 billion in WeWork’s shares.
Wall Street Journal
Airbnb Inc. agreed to pay its new investors interest at a rate of more than 10% and to strengthen its leadership, in return for the $1 billion in additional funding announced Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
CREtech
Built world and real estate industry experts come together to share actionable advice on what the new normal might look like and how building owners/operators and Occupiers can prepare their buildings for a post-Covid compliant world. This two part series will focus in Part I on the Landlord perspective and in Part II the Occupier perspective.
CREtech
At CREtech, we are closely following the latest news regarding the recent pandemic and remain fully aware of the pressure it puts on the wellbeing of businesses within the real estate technology industry.
Yahoo Finance
The global smart cities market is expected to witness significant growth in the upcoming years due to growing government initiatives for overpopulation and urbanization management and growing requirement of resource management for sustainable development. Moreover, the factors such as rise in adoption of IoT and its market application, 5G connectivity, and increasing adoption of connected vehicles & autonomous drones further support the growth of the smart cities market.
Meyers Research LLC
Hanley Wood | Meyers Research, the housing industry’s foremost advisors and provider of rich data, today announced it acquired Bird.i, a Scotland-based company that combines the latest satellite imagery and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to provide valuable land and building insights.
CRETech
Built world and real estate industry experts come together to share actionable advice on what the new normal might look like and how building owners/operators and Occupiers can prepare their buildings for a post-Covid compliant world. This two part series will focus in Part I on the Landlord perspective and in Part II the Occupier perspective.
NINE FOUR VENTURES
Last week, we discussed some of the devastating effects of COVID-19 on not only the real estate industry, but also the world. Airlines, hospitality, restaurants, brick and mortar retail, and nightlife are some of the industries seeing near standstills, as people continue to self-quarantine in their homes. Although the health and safety of the community is priority number one and the shift has generated “little positive economic news” (from last week’s post), we’re also here to tell you it’s not …
The Real Deal
In the most drastic cuts seen in residential brokerage since the pandemic began, Redfin said Tuesday that it would furlough 41 percent of its agent workforce.In addition to the furloughs, the Seattle-based discount firm, an outlier in the brokerage industry for employing salaried brokers, said it plans to reduce its staff by 7 percent, or roughly 236, according to a regulatory filing.
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