Fintech startup Point on Wednesday announced the completion of a $122 million funding round, $22 million of which came from Series B funding led by Prudential Financial and DAG Ventures. Continue reading
Opendoor has raised an additional $300 million at a reported valuation of $3.8 billion — and it’s reportedly buying and selling 3,000 homes a month. Continue reading
Several real estate developers and executives are among the dozens charged in federal court today, in connection with an alleged massive scheme to facilitate cheating on college exams, bribe admissions officials and college varsity coaches to get their… Continue reading
Hear from Spruce Holdings’ Patrick Burns and Qualia’s Nate Baker on disrupting the traditional business model of the real estate transaction onstage at Inman Connect New York. Continue reading
An agent with a large social media following is now facing criminal charges for a stunt that involved dressing up like an elf and allegedly running through the office of a prominent real estate investor. Continue reading
Companies founded by women get about 2.2 percent of venture capitalist dollars. That number jumps up to about 15 percent when you add a male co-founder to the equation. So why aren’t women founding more and getting more investments? Nisha Dua, partner … Continue reading
Friday’s rally is particularly notable because other than installing Rich Barton as CEO, the company appears to be largely staying the course it laid out in prior earnings calls — including doubling down on the very programs that had previously spooked… Continue reading
The emergence of the tech-stack brokerage, flexible lease models, affordable housing alternatives — Bain Capial’s Matt Harris and Merritt Hummer illuminate the biggest real estate investment tech trends agents should know about in 2019. Continue reading
Merritt Hummer, a principal at Bain who spoke with Harris and during a second Inman Connect session Friday, also painted iBuyers as antagonists to consumers themselves. Continue reading
Want to be a property owner? Think way outside the box, a panel of real estate investors told attendees Wednesday at Inman Connect New York. Continue reading