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  • Lennar, Opendoor & Fifth Wall: Transforming the US Residential Housing Ecosystem in a Landmark Partnership for Real Estate Tech

    Fifth Wall Ventures

    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 transparency, and greater mobility has remained elusive, and one need look no further than the 2008 housi…

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  • Propy launches blockchain pilot in Vermont to record real estate transfers

    Inman News – Features

    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 recording of real estate transfers to half the usual time, and she is expecting other counties in Vermont to…

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  • SoftBank Leads $865 Million Investment in Startup Katerra

    NREI – National

    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, the chairman and co-founder. He said the company has about $1.3 billion in bookings for new construction…

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  • Edge Computing Gives You the Edge in Property Marketing

    CRETECH

    Because bandwidth and connectivity are being used to the point of stress overload, edge computing is increasingly being considered as a logical solution — and a savvy marketing feature for property owners. The purpose of edge computing is to lighten the burden of established data networks. It’s an alternative method in delivering and analyzing information. How edge computing works: it gathers data produced by smart devices on the property. The data is then processed closeby, rather than s…

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  • Seven Advantages of Cloud-Computing and Real Estate

    CommissionTrac – Blog

      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 Industrial revolution, or binary code and early computing. Cloud computing is powering the wave of CRE tec…

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  • How Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Could be the Savior of Brick and Mortar Retail

    Inc.com – Headlines

    Do you notice how technological trends like blockchain, machine learning, and IoT are on everyone's lips? The aforesaid seems to be directly associated with the future; thus, how  can traditional businesses make sure they don't get left behind as the likes of Amazon transform themselves into an omni-channel shopping experience? One of the primary reasons online retail is winning today is the ability of online ecommerce retailers to identify their customers in real-time and offer person…

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  • Tech Connect: 9 startups to watch out for this year

    Inman News – Features

    NEW YORK — Nine startups stood on stage at Inman Connect New York's Tech Connect on Tuesday to introduce themselves — and what they have to offer — to an audience of potential clients. “These niches almost shouldn't be called niches because they're larger than almost any other industry out there,” moderator and Roofstock CEO Gary Beasley said about this year's group. The group at the New Kids on the Block panel offered up quick introductions and pitches. Here are the nine hig…

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  • What the rise of work-life symbiosis means for CRE (hint: it’s not just about office space)

    Apto Blog

    For many professionals, the lines between our work and non-work lives are growing increasingly blurry. And many even tend to like it that way. With the advent of smartphones and wireless internet, most knowledge workers no longer need to be at work to get work done. According to Gallup, 43% of workers spend at least some of their time working remote, up from 39% in 2012. As a result, the role of the office is evolving. Rather than consider our offices as a place to punch in and out before headin…

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  • A Whole New World: Understanding the Value of CRE Tech

    Hightower Blog

    Today’s commercial real estate landlords and brokers are faced with an opportunity unlike anything that has come before – rapid innovation that will fundamentally change the way our industry operates. This explosion in CRE Tech has already been embraced by many early adopters who have started to incorporate the various technology solutions available into their daily operations. Excitingly these firms are already starting to see real, tangible benefits emerge as a result of their investment, incl…

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  • Atlanta’s coworking craze continues with latest WeWork venue in Midtown

    Curbed – Atlanta

    The Peachtree Street location near Arts Center revamped a dated office building Coworking brand WeWork has launched their latest Atlanta offering on Peachtree Street in Midtown, just south of 17th Street, and Georgia’s gubner showed up to mark the occasion. The three-story shared space occupies a formerly blah midcentury office building that was long overdue for a makeover. The building was totally redone with a new glass facade, a Peachtree Street plaza, and a bright yellow stair tower. Per bus…

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