Adwerx nabs $14.5M to expand customer relationship advertising

Customer Relationship Advertising, or CRA, refers to the technology’s capability of connecting directly to clients’ CRM tools to identify and target leads with online campaigns, per agent. Continue reading

Co-investing startup Fractional raises $5.5M in seed funding

The San Francisco-based company’s platform helps pair would-be real estate investors with friends or strangers who want to co-own property. Continue reading

Nation’s largest MLS teases upcoming tech investments

California Regional MLS CEO Art Carter highlights broker discomfort after Zillow’s acquisition of ShowingTime and Compass’ acquisition of Glide. Continue reading

Workforce co-living startup PadSplit hauls in $20.5M

PadSplit, an Atlanta-based housing model that formalizes workforce co-living in single-family homes, has secured $20.5 million in Series B financing with backing in part from Mark Cuban Companies and Citi. Continue reading

5 key takeaways for real estate investors from Inman Connect

From the steps to take in order to find success to how to meet changes in the housing market, speakers at Inman Connect shared their secrets. Continue reading

Cover raises $60M to scale its backyard prefab housing business

The one- or two-unit homes are manufactured off-site and assembled in a property owner’s backyard, without the use of a large crane. Continue reading

Venture capital ‘won’t stop flowing’ into real estate: Fifth Wall

Brad Greiwe, co-founder of Fifth Wall Ventures, said at Inman Connect Las Vegas that the investor opportunity in the real estate industry is “too massive to ignore.” Continue reading

The transaction of the future is all cash and requires less paperwork

Clelia Peters asked speakers during an Inman Connect panel a series of rapid-fire questions about how agents and real estate tech companies would handle real estate transactions in the future. Continue reading

Maxwell will use $52.5M Series C raise to help small, midsize lenders

Local knowledge and relationships could give smaller lenders a leg up in purchase-mortgage driven market — if they have the right technology. Continue reading

First American bets big on next-generation proptech investments 

The nation’s second-largest title insurer has invested in 16 venture-funded companies valued at $669 million after gains on Offerpad, Orchard, Sundae and Pacaso. Continue reading