Proptech

New focus, new futures: TRD's Future City event is back

Stressed stocks. Distressed assets. Rigid regulatory environments. Inflationary roller-coasters. The turbulent tech, financial, and political landscape has thrown real estate's...
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Latch reveals more financial statements to be unreliable

1 month ago | The Real Deal New York

Latch's accounting inaccuracies appear to be worse than previously revealed. The struggling smart-lock startup said this week that “internal control deficiencies” and...
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Brokerage bloat: Analysis ranks Compass, Anywhere among least efficient

1 month ago | The Real Deal New York

Compass and Anywhere are among the least efficient publicly traded residential brokerages, an analysis by Mike DelPrete has found. As residential brokerages look to cut costs...
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Resi brokerage stocks on the rise

2 monthes ago | The Real Deal New York

Residential real estate may have brighter days on the horizon, investors forecast. Optimism has sent stocks for some legacy firms and proptech companies alike soaring in the...
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Chera family SPAC is back on the hunt

2 monthes ago | The Real Deal New York

The Chera family, one of New York's biggest retail landlords, is renweing plans to take a tech-oriented real estate company public through a merger with a blank-check company...
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See 32 pitch decks that some of the hottest proptech startups used to raise millions from top VCs like SoftBank and a16z

2 monthes ago | Business Insider

Cove.tool cofounders Daniel Chopson, Sandeep Ahuja, and Patrick Chopson built a platform that drastically cuts down the amount of time it takes to analyze a building's energy...
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Property-services startup Lessen acquires rival for $950M

2 monthes ago | The Real Deal New York

Property-services startup Lessen agreed to acquire competitor SMS Assist for $950 million in the first major proptech deal of the year. Lessen raised $500 million in debt and...
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Digital mortgage firm Blend cuts 30% of staff

2 monthes ago | The Real Deal New York

Digital mortgage firm Blend Labs enacted another series of cuts, the company's fourth round of layoffs in the last year. The mortgage tech and title insurance provider is...
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Co-living firm Common merges with German counterpart

2 monthes ago | The Real Deal New York

Two co-living companies are joining forces in a merger after neither firm managed to attain profitability on its own. New York-based Common and Habyt, which is based out of...
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Startups' hard lessons from the proptech apocalypse

2 monthes ago | The Real Deal New York

As proptech firms axed workers or hemorrhaged cash last fall, the startup Bilt Rewards was hitting unicorn status and dropping a new product to boot. Founder and CEO Ankur Jain...
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Got a question for Twitter's press team? The answer will be a poop emoji

Twitter's communications email went dark after mass layoffs late last year. CEO Elon Musk announced this weekend that it now responds to press inquiries with a single poop emoji. Read more ...

North Korea describes latest missile launch as simulated nuclear attack on South

North Korea on Monday said it used a ballistic missile launch to simulate a nuclear attack on neighbor South Korea over the weekend. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the... Read more ...

Trump claims on social media that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Matthew Galluzzo, a former prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney's office, about what to expect if ex-President Trump is indicted in a case... Read more ...

Grocer uses facial recognition technology to deter shoplifters, drawing concerns

A supermarket's use of face-scanning and voice-recording technology to prevent thieves has sparked privacy concerns. Read more ...

Nepal PM wins confidence vote in parliament

Vote was called after Pushpa Kamal Dahal's old coalition allies pulled out of government over choice of new president. Read more ...

Adam Sandler receives Mark Twain Prize, praise from comic pals

By ASHRAF KHALIL WASHINGTON - Adam Sandler placed his hand on the bronze bust of Mark Twain and speculated that it “one day might be the weapon used to bludgeon me in my... Read more ...

Jamie Erdahl saved FAU's Johnell Davis after swearing in viral March Madness...

Jamie Erdahl had quite the assist from the sidelines on Sunday during Florida Atlantic's win over Fairleigh Dickinson in Columbus, Ohio. Read more ...

Pennsylvania state trooper, woman involved in Bucks County crash

Authorities said a woman in her 60s crashed into the trooper's SUV. Read more ...

'We don't want spring break': Miami Beach imposes curfew after shootings

Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber announced a curfew on Sunday after two fatal shootings over the weekend on Ocean Drive amid an influx of spring-breakers and out-of-city... Read more ...

Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo makes history with 13th perfect...

Antetokounmpo finished with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, and he did not miss a shot from the field Read more ...