Earnnest begins rollout of escrow-as-a-service

The new service, available to date only in Massachusetts, where Earnnest has secured a brokerage license, is designed to alleviate the cost, management demands and above all else, legal risk of holding deposits in escrow. The company is looking to rapi… Continue reading

Equity Angels offer a new approach to proptech and innovation

Trainer Bernice Ross talk with Kenya Burrell Van Wormer and Katherine Winston about their new initiative to transform the real estate and proptech industry by supporting “underrepresented, underestimated and underutilized” entrepreneurs. Continue reading

Tokenization of real estate isn’t next. It’s now

Two real estate agents with experience trading real estate with cryptocurrency were able to explain to the Inman New York audience how tokenization could very well be the answer to funding extensive commercial renovations. Continue reading

With agent as consultant, proptech can unlock more transactions

Leaders from Better, Point and EasyKnock said that consumers are becoming increasingly curious about alternative financing options — but they still need agents to help guide them. Continue reading

Tech trends at CES 2024 point to transformational change

Smart home expert Brandon Doyle checked out this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, highlighting tech elements today’s homebuyers and homeowners want to know more about. Continue reading

Equity Angels launches to diversify proptech innovation

Kenya Burrell-VanWormer, chief growth officer at NEO, and Katherine Winston, founding member and head of marketing at Plunk, have teamed up to build a program that will provide professional mentorship for minority entrepreneurs in proptech. Continue reading

Flexibility drives new Real Brokerage affiliation models

As part of its ongoing effort to market alternatives to affiliating with legacy real estate brands, publicly traded The Real Brokerage has announced two new forms of partnership, Private Label and ProTeams. Continue reading

Real estate’s AI boom is behind the curve on lead generation: Triple-I

More than 30 proptech leaders who responded to the Inman Intel Index monthly sentiment survey signaled the areas where they believe artificial intelligence will most change real estate in 2024. Continue reading