Weekly Radar

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Weekly Radar #303: Ideas Are Everything?, Freddie Mac Goes For Seconds, A Material Question

In this week's Weekly Radar, we cover: * Freddie Mac's proposal to enter the secondary mortgage market by purchasing second mortgages has received support from Wall Street analysts and fintech startups like Point, Figure, and RenoFi, but also raises concerns about potential risks reminiscent of the 2008

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Weekly Radar #302: Zero To A Billion, NWMLS Charts A Different Course, Sucking Carbon

In this week's Weekly Radar, we cover: * NWMLS decided against joining NAR's settlement agreement, citing it reduces compensation transparency and restricts sellers' options. * Alphabet-backed 280 Earth opened its first carbon capture plant and secured $50 million in funding, furthering the ability for landlords to use

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Weekly Radar #301: The State of the the Insurance Crisis, Red Rentals, Renting in Chunks

In this week's Weekly Radar, we cover: * With climate change driving up insurance costs homeowners and renters, especially those who are "house poor," are at risk. * Keyper, a UAE rent payment startup, joins a competitive market with U.S. players like Bilt Rewards and Piñata after

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Weekly Radar #300 🎉: Robots Coming To A Home Near You, Two Mynds Are Better Than One, GPT 4o = Voice Is Here

In this week's Weekly Radar, we cover: * GPT-4o could popularize Hume's emotionally intelligent experience, making it crucial for AI developers to focus on unique data as big tech will dominate innovations in other areas. * Roofstock's merger with Mynd provides complete SFR solutions, highlighting the

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Weekly Radar #299: Automating Buyer Inquiries, Proptech Index down 2.55%, Office Amenities Get A Clue

In this week's Weekly Radar, we cover: * Redfin launched "Ask Redfin," a nationwide AI assistant for home searches, which often pushes for tour scheduling over addressing buyer queries, highlighting a need for improvements in the consumer experience. * Office occupiers may find a winning recipe for their

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Weekly Radar #298: Sustainability Is But A Flip Away, Yardi Doubles Down on Flex Space

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Weekly Radar #297: Futurizing With Geek Estate 4.0, HSA Agrees To A Cool Quarter B, The Struggle Is Real, Completing A Courtship Of The 3D World

What's covered in this week's GEM Crystal Weekly Radar: * Our team has launched Geek Estate 4.0. - our brand-new marketing site! * Drew covers the recent HomeServices of America settlement, and comes to the conclusion that the lawyers have won. * The Foundation for Innovation in Real

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Weekly Radar #296: Fracking Green, Rates The Other Way

What's covered in this week's GEM Crystal Weekly Radar: * Is it possible to use every part of a building to generate energy or sequester carbon? Logan dives into clean startup Modern Hydrogen and how the company is helping to reduce carbon emissions. * The potential for another

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Weekly Radar #295: Grassroots To Green Loans, Seller Concessions Unpacked

What's covered in this week's GEM Crystal Weekly Radar: * Building Decarbonization In-a-Box is launching in nine cities, addressing the emissions of sub-50,000 square foot multifamily and commercial buildings that represent the vast majority of properties in America. * Drew revises his thoughts on the future of

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Weekly Radar #294: The Glass Act, Have A Little Empathy Mate, Co-Ownership's Price Moment

What's covered in this week's GEM Crystal Weekly Radar: * Smart window maker View declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy and goes private. * Hume AI's Empathic Voice Interface (EVI) technology optimizes for human well-being. The demo is open for new users to try. * Pacaso is lowering the

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Weekly Radar #293: Flexing Flex Living, Climate Conveyor Belt, The Bull For $34M In MLS Fees, Free Riding On Water

What's covered in this week's GEM Crystal Weekly Radar: * Landing acquired Barsala for $30M + Blueground raised a $45M Series D. * Montauk Climate is a new climate-focused incubator. Founded by Casper founder Philip Krim, the incubator focuses on electrification and decarbonization. * There are 30 MLSs that are

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Weekly Radar #292: Painting Small Offices Green, $57M Added to Settlement Sum, REW Strikes First

What's covered in this week's GEM Crystal Weekly Radar: * Logan dives into the increasing demand for sustainable office space and how inventory appears to be falling short. * Compass "agreed to settle in its commission lawsuits" for $57.5 million. * Drew covers the first buy

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Weekly Radar #291: The $418 Million Settlement, It Pays To Sign, Sustainability Arms Race

What's covered in this week's GEM Crystal Weekly Radar: * Drew covers this week's $418MM NAR settlement and what it means for brokerage entities. * How are buyers incentivized to participate in Redfin's new Sign & Save program? We cover the program details. Geek

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Weekly Radar #290: An Unlikely Cooperation, Binging a Comeback, Gold N Green?

What's covered in this week's GEM Crystal Weekly Radar: * Realtor.com and Zillow have agreed to a partnership - an unlikely agreement between two arch rivals. * We cover Microsoft's return to online real estate with Bing Homes. * Which PropTech categories are investors most interested

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Weekly Radar #288: The SaaS Carbon Grass Is Greener, Lender or Portal

What's covered in this week's GEM Crystal Weekly Radar: * BlueLayer raised a $10M seed round to build a product supporting carbon developers. * Drew Meyers covers Tomo, a new entrant into the home search portal space. Will the way it uses AI differentiate it enough from other

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Weekly Radar #285- The Climate Joneses, Standing Together in Shared Living Arrangements, and AI Teamed with Buses

What's covered in this week's GEM Crystal Weekly Radar: * The Science Based Targets initiative aims to help real estate firms contribute to the Paris climate agreement’s 1.5°C temperature reduction target by instituting new methods of emissions target-setting, accounting, and reporting. * Padsplit was recently

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Weekly Radar #284- Removing the Easy Button, “Greenhushing”, John Deere Partnerships, AI Revolution...

Here's what we're covering in this week's edition of the GEM Crystal: * New FCC regulation went into effect this week, looking to curb rampant robotexting. Real estate practitioners should expect lead volume to go way down but lead quality to improve drastically. * Companies are

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Weekly Radar #283- Sharing the Way Forward, The Good Bad and Ugly of Recreational Reuse, Tools of The Office Conversion Trade, Equity Angels, and Coffee to the Future

Here's what we're covering in this week's edition of the GEM Crystal: * Mark Choey from Highnote spoke with us for our Executive Interview Series. * REColorado recently partnered with four major MLS groups, unlocking listings in relocation markets for REcolorado agents. * Indianapolis' Bush Baseball

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Weekly Radar # 282 - A Peculiar Inman Decision, Adding Gravy to Agent Selection, Influx of As-a-Service, Blocks of Physicality Built of Blocks...

Here's what we're exploring in this week's edition of the Crystal Radar: * Inman is doubling down with two more events...a move that will degrade production quality. * A homeownership accelerator, Gravy, is set to be acquired by Clever Real Estate. Another soft landing for

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Weekly Radar #281 - Clearing the Way, Hedging Against Hedges, & A Tech City For Me But Not Thee?

Here's what we're covering in this week's Radar: * Identification verification company CLEAR partnered with Landing, a membership-based flex rental company. * Legislators are looking to restrict hedge funds and corporates from owning single family residential homes, but will the bills pass? * Let's hope

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Weekly Radar #280 - Crowdsourcing Local Intel, Buzzing From IoT, Sadness in Mobility, & A Flowing Puzzle

Here's what we're covering this week's edition of the GEM Crystal Radar: * Domicile announced their "Game of Homes," allowing users to challenge friends and put their real estate knowledge to the test in a new game. * Beewise is fusing tech like cameras,

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Weekly Radar #278- Let’s Build Better Tools Not Farmers, Incentives in Fours, and GEM's First Sleepover

Here's what we're covering in this week's (packed) edition of the GEM Crystal Radar * We're hosting our first ever GEM Diamond Retreat in a lava cave (yes, it's real and it's as sweet as it sounds). * An update

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Weekly Radar #277- The Bot, The Builder, And The Boulder, Sharing the REIT, & Much More...

Here's What We're Covering This Week: * We announced GEM's latest Biz Intel series to summarize the top of the funnel for any data needs. * NYC approved a pilot program to support the development of ADU's. * Arrived announced its Single Family Residential Fund.

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Weekly Radar #276- Modular Smoke, Feebleness In Proptech, Rewarding The Board, and Canvassing The Prefab Market

Here's what's covered in this edition of the GEM Crystal Radar: * Modular construction startup Veev, which has raised $600 million, is shutting down. * Hiten Samtani had a tweet thread about proptech's growing graveyard. * Carta shared data regarding board compensation. * Jupe is building modular buildings

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Weekly Radar #275- 370 Million Square Feet of Calling, If These Walls Could Walk, Filling the AI Shed

This Week's Radar Storylines: * The General Services Administration is looking at ways to modernize their mega portfolio, a perfect opportunity for any CRE startup. * "Interspecies Design" has become a talking point for buildings built with sustainability in mind. * tldraw released a new feature that utilizes AI