Ben Salisbury | July 26, 2021 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying
British real estate portal Boomin will launch what it claims to be “the most interactive and accurate online valuation tool on the market”. SmartVal, the new tool,...
Alina Zaiets | July 26, 2021 | Real Estate
According to research by Russia-based consultancy RBC Market Research, Russian real estate experienced a boom in 2020 thanks to interest-rate subsidies that drove...
AIM Group | July 23, 2021 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
Another day, another IPO-through-SPAC. PropertyGuru, a leading marketplace in Singapore, Saturday announced plans for a merger with Bridgetown 2 Holdings Ltd., a...
Greg Spencer | July 22, 2021 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying, Financials / Deals
Properly, a Canadian real estate brokerage that entices listings prospects with a guaranteed price, has closed a $35 million U.S. funding round. Bain Capital...
Greg Spencer | July 21, 2021 | Real Estate
U.S. residential rental site Zumper has rolled out an in-app chat tool to connect prospective renters with landlords and property managers. Zumper says the feature...
Andrzej Sowula | July 21, 2021 | Automotive, Real Estate, Financials / Deals
Alma Consumer, Alma Media’s division that includes real estate and automotive marketplaces, saw revenue and adjusted EBITDA increase significantly in H1 of FY2021....
Rebeka Shaid | July 20, 2021 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying, Financials / Deals
Swiss proptech start-up PriceHubble raised $34 million U.S. in a Series B funding round led by Digital+ Partners. Other investors include Latitude Ventures, TX...
Rebeka Shaid | July 20, 2021 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying, Financials / Deals
Berlin-based Wunderflats, a platform for temporary furnished housing, has received $21 million U.S. in funding as the start-up plans to use the fresh capital to...
Prabhu | July 16, 2021 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
India-based real estate marketplace Square Yards has raised $25 million (INR 185 crores) from Hong Kong-based ADM Capital. The raised capital is the first tranche...
Ben Salisbury | July 15, 2021 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying
Property technology platform Teclet, part of Glanty, which is now owned by number three British real estate portal OnTheMarket.com will provide an automated...
Jacopo Natali | July 16, 2021 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
Malaysia-based Frontier Digital Ventures (FDV), an operator of online classified businesses in emerging markets, has increased its investment in the...
Angela Hawksford | July 14, 2021 | Real Estate, REPORTS
Very little commercial property has moved online, compared with residential A new generation of commercial property marketplaces plan to digitize the segment The...
Ben Salisbury | July 14, 2021 | Real Estate
Number three British real estate portal OnTheMarket.com has launched its own property market index to rival Zoopla and Rightmove’s own monthly surveys after...
Ben Salisbury | July 14, 2021 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying, Financials / Deals
RVU, a subsidiary of ZPG, the owner of No. 2 U.K. real estate portal Zoopla, has acquired leading online mortgage broker Mojo Mortgages for an undisclosed sum as...
Greg Spencer | July 13, 2021 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
Rising real estate brokerage Compass announced it will launch an in-house mortgage lender to further its aim of becoming an end-to-end home shopping service....
Ben Salisbury | July 13, 2021 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals, People on the Move
British online real estate marketplace Strike has raised £11 million ($15 million U.S.) through new and existing investors including Channel 4 Ventures to “scale...
Rebeka Shaid | July 13, 2021 | Real Estate, People on the Move
Scout24, the company behind Germany’s largest real estate marketplace ImmoScout24, has appointed Rowena Patrao as chief technology officer (CTO). Patrao will head...
Rebeka Shaid | July 08, 2021 | Real Estate, Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
TX Markets, the marketplaces division of Swiss media company TX Group, has expanded its real estate portfolio in Switzerland with the immediate takeover of...
Leanne Wang | July 08, 2021 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
KE Holdings (BEKE), China’s leading online property portal, has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% stake of Shengdu Home Renovation for up to RMB 8 billion...
Lars Herlin | July 14, 2021 | Real Estate, Marketplaces
Danish real estate site Boligsiden just made a major update to modernize its site and front page, including the introduction of a new feature that remembers...
Greg Spencer | July 07, 2021 | Real Estate
Zillow has announced new rewards for agent advertisers as it continues its push to maximize revenue from sales leads. The incentives amount to an upgrade of “Best...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | July 07, 2021 | Real Estate
Mongolia-based real estate marketplace Oly.mn and online real estate agency ReMax have agreed to cooperate for promotional efforts, leads generation and sales...
Ben Salisbury | July 06, 2021 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying, Financials / Deals
British hybrid real estate portal PurpleBricks has released its financial results for the year to April 2021 which shows a 13% increase in revenue for the period...
Ben Salisbury | July 06, 2021 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying
British real estate portal Zoopla has launched ‘In Search’ adverts that click through to their own websites to support agents and housebuilders to maximize...
Deb Stowe | July 06, 2021 | Real Estate
Fotocasa.es, the Adevinta-owned Spanish property vertical, has launched a new multimedia platform that will host real estate news, analysis, trends, practical...
Greg Spencer | July 05, 2021 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying, Financials / Deals
I-buyer Offerpad has announced new board members ahead of its plans to go public in the third quarter. The new board members will be: Katie Curnutte, former SVP of...
Greg Spencer | July 05, 2021 | Real Estate, Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Stagerie is a new marketplace connecting real estate agents and home sellers with home-staging specialists. In the U.S. real estate market, many believe an...
Andrzej Sowula | July 01, 2021 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
In Poland, Wirtualna Polska Media-owned accommodations site Nocowanie.pl saw revenue decrease 16% while its operating profit dropped by 44% in FY2020. The company...
Angela Hawksford | July 01, 2021 | Real Estate
Australia-based REA Group has completed its acquisition of Mortgage Choice for an enterprise value of A$244 million ($182.7 million U.S). Mortgage Choice is a...
Mitali Desai | June 30, 2021 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
San-Francisco based real estate technology startup Side announced this week that it has raised more than $50 million in a funding round led by Tiger Global...
