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CRETECH September 29, 2017
Airbnb continues free housing program until Oct. 12 By Tierra Smith, Times Staff Writer TIERRA SMITHTampa Bay TimesFriday, September 29, 2017 3:49pm Print 0 My Edition I want to see more articles tagged I'm already following articles tagged Airbnb has extended its disaster response program for hurricane evacuees in Florida until Oct. 16 [Bloomberg file photo] Airbnb, an online vacation rental...
CRETECH September 29, 2017
Colorado's largest MLS is getting in on the on-demand showings game. Although hailing an agent like an Uber ride has been possible for awhile through various apps-- and tech-focused brokerages such as Redfin and OfferPad also offer similar features-- agent on-demand app companies have typically partnered with brokerages, not MLSs. But in a move that could allow for quick industry adoption, br...
CRETECH September 29, 2017
By 2009, mobile users could do a lot with smartphone apps — get directions, listen to music, take pictures, play games, even film a video. Aaron Kardell thought that you ought to be able to add “look for a house” to the growing list of applications. He founded HomeSpotter with the intention of doing just that. https://www.inman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Listing-Bits-EP020.mp3 Kardell gr...
CRETECH September 28, 2017
Google seems to be as much a real-estate developer as a search engine these days. The tech giant wants to build a sprawling new campus in the North Bayshore area of Mountain View, a city in Silicon Valley that already hosts a majority of the company's properties. But there's been a hiccup in Google's play for the development, which could include nearly 10,000 homes, 3.6 million squa...
CRETECH September 27, 2017
The home-buying approach varies from generation to generation—and in order to overcome down payment hurdles, millennial buyers are transforming the standards of homeownership set by baby boomers, according to the 2017 Zillow Group Report. In fact, less than half (39 percent) of millennials submit offers with the recommended 20 percent down payment. Twenty-one percent put down the minimum: 5 perc...
CRETECH September 27, 2017
WILLIAMSBURG — A slew of developers in North Brooklyn scrambled to cobble together a patchwork of properties in hopes that the cultural cachet of Williamsburg and its proximity to Manhattan would be enough to coax Amazon to build its newest headquarters there. The North Brooklyn pitch, pulled together by Jeremiah Kane of real estate investment firm Rubenstein Partners, is one of more than ...
CRETECH September 27, 2017
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CRETECH September 27, 2017
Over the last few years, we’ve reported on the many ways traditional Chinese hutong courtyard housing has been reimagined: From giant bubbles courtesy of MAD Architects to prefab interventions, the remixes keep on coming. Now, a courtyard home is getting the smart treatment, courtesy of Chinese studio Dot Architects. In Beijing’s Batasi neighborhood, the firm used open-source architecture plat...
CRETECH September 27, 2017
In its most recent earnings report, Adobe reported record revenue, but CEO Shantanu Narayen admitted he was a bit disappointed with the Experience Cloud results. That’s the part of Adobe that includes the Analytics Cloud. Today, the company is announcing an update to the analytics product aimed specifically at the lucrative retail/ecommerce market. Perhaps it’s not a coincidence. Nor is it a c...
CRETECH September 27, 2017
I'm working on a new weekly email featuring my thoughts on the industry and more. Check out the last one, “Zillow is fighting a two-front war,” here. Send me feedback at brad@inman.com. And if you would like this in your inbox, sign up here: powered by Typeform Face it, the Opendoor iBuyer model of a fast, furious and certain home sale is beginning to get market share. What does a traditi...