Tagged: real estate

April 25, 2025 @ 4:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ADGM, the international financial center of the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, announces the launch of the Virtual Sell and Purchase, the real estate service, which allows multiple steps within property transactions to be “completed virtually by buyers, sellers, and associated banks.” ADGM’s new service streamlines… Read More

April 22, 2025 @ 3:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru, a European platform specializing in property-backed loans, has recently announced two significant updates that underscore its role in supporting the real estate sector. Estateguru reports that it has reached a key milestone by paying out €90 million in interest to its investors, while also… Read More

April 20, 2025 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dubizzle Group, the MENA region’s digital marketplace group, announces today the acquisition of Property Monitor, a real-estate market intelligence platform in the UAE. The acquisition of Property Monitor reinforces Dubizzle Group’s leadership in real estate classifieds and technology “through a portfolio of brands, including Bayut… Read More

April 12, 2025 @ 6:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Schroders Capital real estate team, acting on behalf of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), has acquired a 59-bed, best-in-class care home in southwest London for £14.2 million. This deal marks the fifth acquisition for GMPF “over the past 12 months, with investments totaling… Read More

March 25, 2025 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global real estate market has been navigating a challenging landscape for nearly two years, but some hope / expectations of eventual recovery are beginning to emerge. According to PitchBook’s H2 2024 Global Real Estate Report, preliminary data from Q3 2024 suggests that private real… Read More

March 17, 2025 @ 5:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trillions of dollars’ worth of real estate is at major risk of damage from flood, fire or extreme wind, a new Zillow (Nasdaq: Z and ZG) analysis finds. Climate risks threaten trillions of dollars in U.S. real estate, the report from real estate tech firm Zillow… Read More

February 18, 2025 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Capital, the real estate valuation tech company, announced the integration of AURA, its appraisal underwriting risk analyzer tool, through Encompass Partner Connect, the API framework for mortgage tech from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). This framework enables industry participants to “integrate with ICE solutions and provide… Read More

February 17, 2025 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

France Fintech has posted a report on the Fench real estate crowdfunding sector, sharing a significant decline in this sector of online capital formation. According to the research completed in partnership with Forvis Mazars, for the second year in a row real estate crowdfunding has… Read More

February 16, 2025 @ 6:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Agora, a platform of software and services that utilizes technology, automation, and real estate expertise to enhance investment management, is reportedly expanding its presence in the Australian market. Agora is forming a sales and support team across Sydney and Melbourne as a part of a… Read More

February 16, 2025 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether Operations Limited, which claims to be one of the largest companies in the digital asset industry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Reelly Tech, one of the real estate B2B platforms in the UAE. This marks an advancement in the evolution of… Read More

February 5, 2025 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the tech-enabled real estate marketplace for co-owned luxury vacation homes, announced that it is continuing its international expansion with the acquisition of three European properties. The addition of two residences in London and one in Paris solidifies Pacaso’s presence in Europe, offering buyers “opportunities… Read More

February 4, 2025 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Closinglock, a fraud prevention tech provider for the real estate industry, announced it closed a $34 million Series B round. The investment round was reportedly led by Sageview Capital and “supported by Headline and RWT Horizons.” This financing will advance the company’s mission to power… Read More

February 3, 2025 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Preqin, the global firm focused on alternative data and insights, released its Real Estate Q4 2024 (a Quarterly Update report). Henry Lam, the lead author of the report, notes that quarter-on-quarter growth in total deal value during Q4 2024 was “recorded across all the major… Read More

January 16, 2025 @ 1:46 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CertifID, a provider of wire fraud protection for the real estate industry, announced on Jan. 14 that it acquired Paymints.io, a solution that enables digital money transfers by title companies, law firms, and real estate brokerages. According to the FBI, $1.9 billion in funds have been stolen… Read More

January 8, 2025 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Buffalo, New York, will be the hottest major property / real estate market in 2025, according to a new analysis by Zillow (Nasdaq: Z and ZG), the first time a market has held the title in back-to-back years. Real estate firm Zillow noted in its… Read More

January 7, 2025 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs and structured real estate lender, REL Finance, have completed a £16.6m co-loan to JMK Group, a family-run hospitality business. JMK’s story began when an entrepreneur, John Kajani, made “a decision to move from textiles to the hospitality… Read More

December 28, 2024 @ 2:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy, co-own, and sell a luxury vacation home, released its fourth annual Top Vacation Home Markets Report, identifying the “leading” luxury vacation home markets for 2024. The report reveals the top 20 counties across the United… Read More

December 27, 2024 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group has shared the Halifax UK housing / property market review and outlook for real estate in 2025. Here are the key takeaways from the extensive research report on the United Kingdom‘s property market: UK housing market beat expectations in 2024, with recovery… Read More

December 26, 2024 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner, real estate developer SIB Group, has reportedly repaid investors a €500 000 loan (real estate project “Vytenio55 II”) and paid their investors €102,368 in interest. PeerBerry also mentioned in another recent update that it is processing the last repayment of war-affected loans…. Read More

December 22, 2024 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Erratic and dramatic mortgage rate movements that heavily influenced the housing market in 2024 are destined to “play a major role” in the coming year, according to real estate firm Zillow‘s (Nasdaq: Z and ZG) latest market report. Zillow Chief Economist Skylar Olsen said: “There’s… Read More