real estate

How Airbnb and 18th-Century Newspapers Found Profits from Frictions 
How Airbnb and 18th-Century Newspapers Found Profits from Frictions 
October 11, 2023  |  David S. Evans

Brian Chesky says that Airbnb is broken and he’s going to fix it.   New York City recently passed regulations that all but gave them the boot....

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Cross River and paymints.io Launch RTP Offering for Real Estate
Cross River and paymints.io Launch RTP Offering for Real Estate
October 03, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Cross River Bank and paymints.io have teamed to expand real-time payments in real estate. The collaboration — an extension of an existing partnership between the...

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Report: China Evergrande Chair Detained for Unspecified Crimes
Report: China Evergrande Chair Detained for Unspecified Crimes
September 28, 2023  |  Cross-border Payments

China’s largest property development company has halted trading after its chairman was reportedly detained. As the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Sept. 28), law enforcement in China...

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AppFolio Adds Gen AI-Powered Payment Options for Property Managers
AppFolio Adds Gen AI-Powered Payment Options for Property Managers
September 21, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

AppFolio has added generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and new payment options to its cloud business management solutions for the real estate industry. The new generative...

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Amazon Invests $40 Million to Help Moderate-Income Families Buy Homes
Amazon Invests $40 Million to Help Moderate-Income Families Buy Homes
September 13, 2023  |  Retail

Amazon has launched a new pilot initiative in collaboration with the National Housing Trust (NHT), a nonprofit group, to increase homeownership opportunities for underserved communities. With an investment...

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Roam Launches Service Connecting Homebuyers With Assumable Mortgages
Roam Launches Service Connecting Homebuyers With Assumable Mortgages
September 13, 2023  |  Real Estate

Roam launched a service that helps homebuyers secure home loans as low as 2% through the mortgage assumption process. The debut comes as the company...

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CertifID Raises $20 Million to Combat Real Estate Wire Fraud
CertifID Raises $20 Million to Combat Real Estate Wire Fraud
September 12, 2023  |  Fraud Prevention

Wire fraud prevention company CertifID has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round. The financing, announced Tuesday (Sept. 12), will help the Texas-based firm develop fraud prevention...

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Home Trust Offers Mortgage Clients Digital Banking Via Platform
Home Trust Offers Mortgage Clients Digital Banking Via Platform
September 05, 2023  |  Real Estate

FinTech firm ebankIT, in collaboration with Home Trust, launched a digital platform to offer seamless and integrated user experiences to Home Trust’s mortgage clients, according...

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Push to Debit Brings ‘Emotional Relief’ of Faster Payments to Property Management Sector
Push to Debit Brings ‘Emotional Relief’ of Faster Payments to Property Management Sector
September 05, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Property management always has a flurry of activity in the background. Landlords employ and contract with a variety of vendors and suppliers to keep things...

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