Hello, weekend readers. This is Week-in-Review where I give a heavy amount of analysis and/or rambling thoughts on one story while scouring the rest of the hundreds of stories that emerged on TechCrunch this week to surface my favorites for your reading pleasure. Last week, I talked about how the top gaming industry franchises were ... The housing crisis in the Bay Area, particularly in San Francisco, is a complex and controversial topic with no one-size-fits-all solution — but a check for a billion dollars is about as close as you're going to get, and Google has just announced it's writing one. ... Part real estate fund, part tech startup, ZeroDown wants to make it easier to buy a home in the Bay Area. ... With a developing economy having permeated a restored sense of confidence among the buyers of a luxury residence, there has been created a significant demand for an asset of a luxury residence in the big cities. Presently, several developers are proceeding for a basic requirement which has resulted in a larger number of luxury projects. ... A startup that is attempting to significantly improve the way how Indians rent or buy an apartment just raised a substantially big amount to further pursue its mission. Bangalore-based real estate property operator NoBroker said today it has raised $51 million in a new round of funding. The Series C financing round for the five-year-old ... It’s a cautionary tale we hear far too often: Company A, hiring staff and growing rapidly, finalized a 10-year lease for office space. One week after move-in they had filled their space to the brim... ... Anyplace, a startup offering furnished rooms and apartments to anyone who’s not interested in signing a long-term lease, is announcing that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. CEO Satoru Steve Naito said he co-founded the company to meet his own needs as a “digital nomad” who likes to move from city to city ...
First American Financial Corp is a Fortune 500 company that insures titles on peoples' property; their insecure website exposed 885,000,000 records for property titles, going back 16 years, including bank accounts (with scanned statements), Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, scanned drivers' licenses, tax records, mortgage records, etc -- when notified of the error, the ... An Orlando homeowner owned a second lot next to the house. He added a pool that straddled the property lines. Then, following foreclosure, the two lots were sold to different owners, one of whom erected a fence. Over the pool. Through the garage. When you're just dipping your toe in the real estate market It's all ... The real estate industry is experiencing a bit of a rejuvenation. After years resisting the influence of tech, the industry is now feeling the entrance of e-buyers, as well as a variety of software to streamline the process. One such tech company looking to infiltrate real estate is FlareAgent, which launches today out of Y ...
Archive for the ‘Real Estate Articles’ Category
Week-in-Review: YouTube’s awful comments and Google’s $1B tech-free investment
Google announces $1B, 10-year plan to add thousands of homes to Bay Area
ZeroDown is constructing a new path to home ownership
Factors that Describe a Luxury Residential Project in a Big City
NoBroker raises $51M to help Indians buy and rent without real estate brokers
Should your company move into a co-working space, sublease space or traditional office?
Flexible housing startup Anyplace raises $2.5M
Real estate title insurance company exposed 885,000,000 customers’ records, going back 16 years: bank statements, drivers’ licenses, SSNs, and tax records
After double lot sold to separate owners, one of them erects fence through pool and garage
FlareAgent, a platform that automates real estate transactions, launches out of YC