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Agents and brokers know that one of the most painful parts of a real estate transaction is one that continues to be mired in paperwork: obtaining the mortgage. In the hopes of addressing that problem, mortgage finance firm Ellie Mae is spending $128 million in cash to acquire Velocify, a lender lead management platform that helps lender sales teams respond quickly to leads, improves their producti...
Solar home tech has tackled everything from roof tiles to plug-and-play power systems, but campers and RVs generally only have a few solar panels on top. That’s usually plenty to power electrical systems when you’re camping off-the-grid for a few days, but a new concept from German company Dethleffs has stepped up the solar game. Similar to Volkswagen’s plans for a new electric minibus, the ...
Real estate industry analytics provider CoreLogic has announced it’s acquiring the cybersecurity firm Clareity Security Solutions in an effort aimed at boosting its security protocols. Clareity is a fairly well known name in the real estate tech industry, having been founded back in 1996. It’s main product is the SAFEMLS security solution, which protects MLS listings databases from improper ac...
Ellie Mae announced Thursday that it will acquire Velocify, a sales acceleration platform, for $128 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2017 and will not impact third-quarter financials, the company said. “As part of our comprehensive strategy to deliver the first true digital mortgage to the industry, we are helping lenders to originate more loans, re...
Uber Added to Speaker Roster at CRE // Tech Los Angeles on September 28 Max Crowley, Strategic Initiatives at Uber for Business will speak at their Los Angeles event at CBRE Headquarters New York, NY (August 31, 2017)-- CRE // Tech, the leading event, content and connectivity platform for the commercial real estate industry, announced today that Max Crowley, Strategic Initiatives, Uber for Busines...
This is the type of entrepreneur we need to be attracting to CRE tech… A big shout out to my friend Tyler Buck of Originate, one of the smartest, well connected and most knowledgeable people I know in the tech world. What makes Tyler so good is the quality of people he surrounds himself with. And one of the most impressive he has referred me to is Dana Dunford of Hemlane. Wow, was I friggin impr...
We assembled a panel of industry experts to tackle this month’s question. Here’s what they had to say. Noah R. Balanoff, executive managing director, Colliers International (Parsippany) U.S. e-commerce sales now represent 8.5 percent of total retail sales. The northern and central New Jersey industrial markets have benefitted directly from this tech-driven phenomenon. E-commerce and traditiona...
By Lou Hirsh Wednesday, August 30, 2017 Tweet Oakland-headquartered Mynd, which describes itself as a “tech-powered” residential rental property management company, has acquired San Diego-based Pacific Shore Management for an undisclosed price. A statement from Mynd, which currently operates primarily in the Bay Area, said the acquisition of Pacific Shore Management, based in Mission Val...
Adwerx is a well-known advertising and re-targeting network for real estate agents (though if you’re not in that line of business, chances are you’ve never heard of it, of course). The Durham, NC-based company today announced that it has raised a $4.3 million funding round led by Grotech Ventures, with participation from Bull City Venture Partners and Alerion Ventures. The company, which was s...
HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinestral Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of smart-tinting glass for commercial and residential real estate, has been named the recipient of the 2017 North American Smart Glass New Product Innovation Award by Frost & Sullivan, an internationally recognized market research, analysis, growth strategy, and corporate training firm. Frost & Sullivan cit...