As with most industries, technology has quickly become an integral part of real estate and is driving many of the changes that are taking place within the industry. Therefore, if you are wondering how tech innovation in real estate is starting to take place, read this guide for more information on the technology that is currently being used when it comes to buying, selling, and owning properties. 1.   Property Management Property management companies are now starting to offer tech-driven solutions to their clientele. This allows homeowners to collect rent, maintain their properties, and gain insight into the market and real estate all through a single service. For instance, these tech-centric services offer portals that tenants can use to view their payments and request maintenance services while showcasing your property on a variety of different digital rental platforms, which use big data to collect important insights. If you want to use technology to better maintain and manage your home, you should look for property management companies DC. 2.   Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence is now also starting to be more commonly used throughout the industry as it allows potential tenants and buyers to filter properties that meet certain criteria and get recommendations…

I once again participated excellent Propteq: Europe event in London, which brings together a number of prop tech enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, investors and people from the industry in general. There was a number of well-run theme sessions, two of which I co-hosted. Having spent the day in the midst of exchanging ideas and discussing emerging topics, two of the things stood out: AI and blockchain. Even though arguably much hyped, these two will most likely have the most profound impact on the real estate industry than anything else before – or ok… maybe except for the electricity. What do I base my conclusions upon? I think AI is in its infancy but there are already working adaptations of machine learning. One can easily think repetitive transactions of similar character in great quantity, like mortgage applications, to be handled by an algorithm – and BTW, one of the biggest banks in the Nordics is already exploring of moving its mortgage application process into an AI assisted process, where the offer could be generated by AI and given automatically to the customer. Same goes for customer / service requests from a building, where an algorithm can combine a lot of data from building automation…

The world of real estate investment has evolved since the internet has embraced every single aspect of today's world business. It's important, in 2019, to understand how the real estate investment's world is embracing new technologies and, most importantly, why. It's crucial, in fact, to break down each individual variable which, when combined, to understand the future of the technological field applied to real estate investment. Let's analyse how. Investments and Monitoring Via Blockchain The blockchain has become quite a trendy subject since crypto values have become commercially powerful a couple of years ago. The recent usage of blockchain-based features from banks like Santander and more has, in fact, resulted in a "standardization" of this very matter, which has also resulted in a vast flux of investments in and from big companies who always placed themselves as big, powerful players within this sector. The Power Of Front-End Development And Real Estate Investment Sites Real estate investment, since it moved online, has always been a fundamental part in every front-end developer's portfolio, given how requested websites and applications/calculators are either in the front-end sector in general and, most importantly, in a general business one. The fact that many eCommerce developers have…

  The NYC Network Group recently held their 11th Annual NYC Real Estate Expo. The Hilton Midtown was the perfect place for real estate leaders to discuss the rise of technology in the industry. During the expo, professionals discussed the current changes taking place in commercial real estate. They focused on the impact that online search has on buyers. Today, over 70% of buyers use the Internet to find their commercial spaces. In addition, the majority of today's real estate agents rely on the Internet to communicate with prospective clients. Of course, you text, call and email clients to sell properties. However, the latest technologies create possibilities that are seemingly endless. Read this post to discover the other technology trends that will continue to transform the real estate industry in 2020.  Using Drones To Photograph Buildings In recent years, drones have made an appearance in a variety of sectors. Real estate is one of the most prominent. Prospective buyers can now learn much more about a property from the outside. Agents now showcase the exterior view of properties in a much more advanced way. Rather than just showing the interior and a quick photo of an office complex from afar, you…

Technological growth is a challenge for companies of all shapes and sizes. When technology carries robust business chances, it also creates skills gaps. BANGALORE, INDIA, Jan 7th, 2020- As the request for the skilled employees is especially high; all the companies started participating in a process known as upskilling and reskilling to help retain current employees. The new skill of staff is a smaller asset than hiring and training a new employee. Smart organizations can dismiss some of their financial pain by investing in existing employees to retain them in the organization. NearLearn a famous corporate training company headquartered at Bangalore offers Corporate Training programs that not only help companies to achieve the highest productivity and profitability but also helps the employee to excel in their jobs. NearLearn offers corporate training for every level of the organization, right from individual donors all the way up to managers of the senior management team. The training is provided for some popular IT Courses like Python– A programming language that has a mixed application in software companies and the developer's choice. Top IT companies in the world favor to use Python to develop software solutions; hence the demand for the Python language has been…

Digital Transformation or Industry 4.0 has captured the various facets of life. Manufacturing, retail, business operations, education, and many more; you go on naming them. The story of the real estate industry isn't different from others. Let's peep at a few important statistics to discuss this further.  According to the survey of the National Association of Realtors,30% of the buyers find their home through a real estate agent, while 51% make a search online. Grand View Research states that the market value of the real estate industry will size about $4263.7 billion by 2025. We hold digital transformation and innovative technology responsible for revolutionizing the real-estate sector. But we need to highlight all those technological trends that are driving real estate industry forward.  Yes, you guessed it right! We are talking about the internet of things, artificial intelligence, robotics, augmented and virtual reality, Big Data, and more. It is important to note that all these transcending technologies help in various facets. These include construction, development, project management, sales, leasing, and marketing, etc. Big Data and Customer Relationship Management  Big Data and CRM software have become of the fuelling assets for the real-estate industry. Do you want to know who is looking…

Rare and exclusive conversation with Brad Greiwe, Co-Founder, Fifth Wall and Josh Stein, CEO, Harbor about Stein's pioneering new startup that is destined to be one of the leading platforms for blockchain technology in the real estate industry. New York, NY (May 8, 2018) -- CREtech (cretech.com), the leading event, content and connectivity platform for the commercial real estate industry, has announced that Fifth Wall's Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Brad Greiwe and Harbor's CEO, Josh Stein, will be the Keynote Speakers for CREtech San Francisco  on June 21. Fifth Wall is an investor in Harbor, a blockchain technology company that aims to revolutionize the world's largest capital market with innovation in crypto-securities compliance. Brad is currently the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Wall. Fifth Wall Ventures is the largest venture capital firm focused on technology solutions for the Built World. Fifth Wall is connecting the world's largest owners and operators of real estate with the entrepreneurs and innovators redefining how the world interacts with its physical environment. With $250M in assets under management, Fifth Wall is backed by CBRE, Lennar, Hines, Equity Residential, Prologis, Macerich, Host Hotels, and Lowe's Home Improvement. Fifth Wall invests in businesses from all sectors…

Built by Berlin-based startup Quorum Control, Tupelo brings benefits of blockchain technology to the mainstream in the form of custom-built chain trees for ownership, with backing from groundbreaking Silicon Valley investment firm Initialized Capital. BERLIN (November 1, 2018) - Tupelo, the first ownership-based distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform, launched its TestNet today, opening a new, faster pathway for blockchain-like technology to be utilized in real-world applications. The platform is owned and operated by Quorum Control, a six-person startup of dedicated builders focused on driving DLT adoption. To accomplish its goal, Quorum Control sought and secured traditional equity investment from experienced and successful venture capital firms instead of undertaking  an initial coin offering (ICO) for funding. Quorum Control is committed to the development, testing and refinement of a new application of DLT that contains many characteristics of blockchains but includes a more efficient consensus algorithm. When Tupelo has been proven effective as a tool for real-world business applications--like real estate title insurance transfer and supply chain transparency--Quorum Control will undertake an ICO. Backed by Experienced and Proven VCs Led by Initialized Capital San Francisco-based Initialized Capital led Quorum Control's $2.9 million funding round, bringing well-established and influential Silicon Valley resources to…

BANGALORE, INDIA, Jan 7th, 2020- As the demand for skilled employees is especially high, all the companies started participating in a process known as upskilling and reskilling to help retain current employees. The new skill of staffs is a smaller asset than hiring and training a new employee. Smart organizations can dismiss some of their financial pain by investing in existing employees to retain them in the organization. NearLearn a famous corporate training company headquartered at Bangalore offers Corporate Training programs that not only help companies to achieve the highest productivity and profitability but also helps the employee to excel in their jobs. NearLearn offers corporate training for every level of the organization, right from individual donors all the way up to managers of the senior management team. The training is provided for some popular IT Courses like Python– A programming language that has a mixed application in software companies and the developer's choice. Top IT companies in the world favor to use Python to develop software solutions; hence the demand of the Python language has been increasing day-by-day. Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning– Companies today use machine learning in maintenance and support services. By devices, artificial intelligence helps grab the…

Cryptocurrency is a powerful tool that's on the rise across the world. It's a decentralized monetary resource, meaning people won't have to use major banks or institutions to manage their "coins." As cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum become more popular in the world, they have the potential to change things in big ways, from business opportunities to better security.  Access to New Opportunities Cryptocurrencies have not yet become a norm in countries around the globe, but they are well on their way. A decade ago, Bitcoin was just getting started, and no one knew how quickly it would take off. Now, it has the potential to become a standard currency for daily use.    In fact, more and more businesses are now accepting cryptocurrencies as valid forms of payment. Visa and PayPal recently announced that their users can use crypto funds in several countries throughout the world. Smaller businesses will now be able to thrive in more ways than a country's standard currency.    This growth of digital funding also means big things for developing countries. For individuals, families or businesses in poverty or trying to make a living, the addition of cryptocurrencies as a resource could be a new…

Supply@ME Capital PLC (LN: SYME) is a financial technology vendor platform that provides an alternate way for businesses to raise capital by minding their own stock. Manufacturing and commerce companies can strengthen their cash flow and capital positions via a true sale' of the warehouse holdings to special purpose vehicles integrated by SYME, which also creates a new asset class for investors. We think SYME's shares are undervalued in the current variety of £0.50-£0.60 and might expect more movement in the £2.00 to £2.50 bucket to Q12021. SYME isn't a conventional lender, despite fulfilling most of the middleman duties. As a pure service provider, SYME matches funding providers with firms in need of liquidity. The assortment of industries it serves is almost infinite. The exclusive version permits special purpose vehicles (stock companies), integrated by Supply@ME to buy the inventory, which is subsequently leased back to the company, never leaving the warehouse. As a pure-play digital creditor or a stock-loan lender, SYME is up against powerful incumbents, with very little ability to increase the kinds of sums needed to make a dent in the aerospace or chemicals marketplace. Where SYME disagrees is its position as a simple service provider, taking away…

By Maithili Shinde Data is the new oil. In the new and upcoming space of AR and VR technologies, ownership of the relevant content and data to the appropriate user has always been a grey area. In a report titled "The Battle Against Access to Data," Deloitte explains how real estate service providers have two options in order to legitimately claim their right to data, one being owning and managing the appropriate technological systems themselves, which is a heavy investment to bear. Deloitte suggests the most appropriate solution would be to intensify the collaboration between AR service providers and REALTORS®. They propose that an appropriate infrastructure must be in place to hand over data rights to the relevant space owners. At the moment, it's very hard for REALTORS® to own their data and host their 3D virtual tours on their own servers. GeoCV, a company democratizing reality capture through smartphones with depth cameras, is changing that. They have established an alternate structure in relation to who owns the data and content. By operating on an Open Architecture system, companies and real estate service providers can own their data, white-label and host tours on their own servers to fully customize it to…

Yet another MIPIM is over. Thank you for the interesting discussions about real estate and proptech's new twists and turns – and of course huge thanks for the organisers for making it all happen! You might have heard my thoughts and comments from the casting videos I made at MIPIM – but to wrap it all up, here's my small recap of what went down in Cannes this year. Probably many participants noticed during the first days that technology has noticeably matured: more day-to-day activities take place and substantial companies like Schneider and Siemens are entering the industry. MIPIM Innovation Forum proved that real estate is now more or less about energy savings, smart buildings and IoT. Even though they were emphasized at the event, I still think they're not really on top of the game for the time being. I think everyone has heard about this and is probably talking about it – blockchain. The subject we all know, was of course highly discussed at MIPIM. There's no doubt that it will have a major impact on the development of real estate and property technology industries. One thing that really surprised me at MIPIM PropTech startup competition was the fact that…

If you recently discovered Bitcoin you are not alone. Thousands of people are once again signing up on exchanges, ready to partake in the next bull market that seems to be coming up. After the recent Bitcoin halving, investors from all over the world are ready to buy and HODL until a new All-time high is reached.   If you are reading this post, you are probably wondering how to buy Bitcoin. With hundreds, if not thousands of guides available, finding the fastest and most efficient way can be difficult. This is exactly why we wrote this post. By reading the guide below, you will learn the exact steps you need to follow in order to become a proud Bitcoin owner.   Get ready to take notes or bookmark this post. We're about to get started! Step #1 - Create a wallet There are two types of Bitcoin exchanges: Those that store your Bitcoin in their exchange wallets Those that send your Bitcoin directly to your personal wallet   If possible, try to use exchanges that send Bitcoin directly to your wallet. These are not only safer to use, but also faster and more convenient.   Having said that, you…

Adapting to any new technology advancements is very important nowadays no matter what job you're in. Property management, however, might be one of the jobs that require this type of adapting the most. Technology trends can really help improve the overall efficiency in this area and here is why.  Machine Learning Internet-connected devices have many great functions. One of them is that they can generate datasets for buildings that never existed before. And the new technological advancements have enabled them to be leveraged through machine learning. Building owners, managers, and engineers tend to use machine learning in order to sift through data. This enables them to unlock insights into building performance optimization, different market trends, and other big data applications. Technology is in never-ending progress that makes property management, among other things, easier to deal with each and every day. By spending less and less time manually collecting data, technology is moving towards its optimization goals. Drones Drone technology also keeps advancing and updating. It is becoming less expensive, but more efficient at the same time. They can be quite useful especially for building owners and property managers. They can use the newest drone technology and integrate them for aerial…

If you are aware of cryptocurrency, then there are chances of coming across a term called 'Bitcoin mining'. And why not, this term is associated with the Bitcoin digital currency. Your knowledge about Bitcoin is incomplete if you are not aware of Bitcoin mining. So one needs to brush up his knowledge about this term. Well, in short, this concept involves more like solving a mathematical equation. Now if it has made you wonder about how mathematics is connected to Bitcoin mining, then better find the answer by reading the blog thoroughly.   Knowing Bitcoin Mining   If you own Bitcoin, then you must know that Bitcoin mining is the backbone behind it. It is performed by high-tech computers that solve complicated numerical or mathematical problems. All the hard work and luck required by the computer in solving the tough problem is like a miner digging gold from sand. Apart from computers, there are miners too, who perform the task for securing the network and processing the Bitcoin transactions. The task is achieved when miners solve the computational problem. After completion of the task, miners get the reward of transaction fees and newly created Bitcoins.   To ensure security and…

Fintech startup REINNO tokenized an office building in Stamford, Connecticut to replace traditional bank financing. After successfully tokenizing a $105-million-dollar commercial real estate fund last month, REINNO created and issued tokens backed by a multi-million-dollar commercial building in downtown Stamford, CT. The tokens were created on the Ethereum blockchain utilizing industry and regulatory standards. In addition to the technical side of tokenization, REINNO also provided all the necessary resources for the overall project, including establishing the legal structure. Tokenization as a New Financing ToolReal estate tokenization creates digital representation of equity and/or debt in the form of securitized digital tokens. It is a technology tool that makes financing and capital raising much easier, faster, more efficient and secure. However, there is a lot more involved than just creating the digital tokens. For tokenization projects to succeed and truly disrupt the commercial real estate industry, the tokenization company has to have a deep understanding of the real estate industry in addition to knowing the technology. "That is where REINNO stands out. Unlike its competitors, REINNO not only provides tokenization but also additional services, from regulatory compliance and legal structure to lending against securitized real estate tokens to create liquidity" said Viktor Viktorov,…

CREtech Returns to San Francisco for its 5th year and continues strong growth New York, NY (June 22, 2017) - Nearly 500 commercial real estate professionals were on hand at the CREtech (cretech.com) July 21st event held at Bespoke, in the epicenter of downtown San Francisco. As CREtech's second largest annual event, this remains the premier West Coast event for the commercial real estate tech sector with professionals attending from across the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and South America. Commercial real estate owners, developers, brokers, property managers, tenants, professionals in the construction, engineering, banking, startups, VC's and more attended. The after party was held at WeWork Embarcadero Center. "Our events keep scaling and the feedback keeps getting better and that is largely due to the quality of our speakers and the leading-edge startups that are on hand," stated Michael Beckerman, CEO, CREtech. "And CREtech San Francisco raised the bar big time! It was without a doubt one of the best events I have ever attended. The caliber of the speakers, the energy, the networking and the innovation on display were truly inspiring. Thanks to all those who attended and all those that are supporting this CREtech movement!" Beckerman concluded.…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE         CAPITAL ENGINE LAUNCHES SAAS SOLUTION FOR CAPITAL MARKETS AND PRIVATE EXCHANGE PLATFORMS New York, NY. October 31, 2018 - Capital Engine™ a financial technology company moving Real Estate and Alternative Investments to the digital world, launched their customized SaaS solution to power white label Capital Markets and Private Exchange platforms. The SaaS solution, tailored for global business & regulatory needs, provides investment professionals and advisors with a secure, interactive environment to connect and exchange information about deals – from online syndication to debt and equity marketplaces. "Securities deregulation, banking disintermediation and innovative capital raising software like Capital Engine™ are leveling the playing field by giving more people online access to the USD10 Trillion alternative investment market," said Bryan Smith, Founder and CEO. "Our business model focuses on strategic partnerships with industry experts, in setting up online marketplaces and branded platforms using our software," he added. Smith has extensive global experience in the financial technology sector and in commercial real estate, as CEO of a public REIT. Capital Engine™ is raising seed capital for additional product development, build-out of our capital markets blockchain technology and staffing product and sales teams. Funds will also be used for the proposed acquisition of a…

 Altus Group Report Reveals Rapid Acceleration of PropTech Adoption and Rise of Disintermediation as Major Trends Impacting the Commercial Real Estate Industry in 2019  Automation, use of AI and disintermediating business models having major impact on CRE industry; growing number of CRE firms are directly investing in PropTech companies  TORONTO (January 22, 2019) – Altus Group Limited ("Altus Group") (TSX: AIF), a leading provider of software, data solutions and independent advisory services to the global commercial real estate ("CRE") industry, today released the latest Altus Group CRE Innovation Report. The report provides an outlook on technology trends impacting the global CRE industry and highlights the significant acceleration in adoption of property technology ("PropTech"), the effect of disintermediating technologies, as well as a growing trend of CRE firms investing directly in PropTech companies and startups themselves.  According to the report, which is based on a global survey of 400 CRE executives at firms with assets under management ("AUM") of at least US $250 million representing a total AUM of over US $2 trillion, driving efficiency through automation is a key priority for CRE executives, and the use of AI and machine learning is approaching a critical mass. CRE firms are automating…