real estate

Walmart Offers Struggling SMBs a Home Inside Its Stores
Walmart Offers Struggling SMBs a Home Inside Its Stores
October 31, 2022  |  Retail

Walmart has teamed with pop-up shop marketplace platform Popable to let small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) rent spaces in its stores as smaller merchants struggle...

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Real Estate Startup Bilt Sees Valuation Quadruple to $1.5B
Real Estate Startup Bilt Sees Valuation Quadruple to $1.5B
October 25, 2022  |  Investments

The chief executive of real estate startup Bilt Rewards says his company has seen its valuation grow fourfold to $1.5 billion following a $150 million...

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Amazon Insurance Store Launches in UK Offering Home Property Coverage
Amazon Insurance Store Launches in UK Offering Home Property Coverage
October 19, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon is now offering an online store for home property insurance in the U.K. designed to streamline the shopping and decision-making process with a simplified...

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Are Warehouse Vacancy Rates Rising or Falling?
Are Warehouse Vacancy Rates Rising or Falling?
October 14, 2022  |  Retail

Just days after a report said that greatly needed warehouse construction may be slowed by municipalities concerned about traffic and pollution, another report explained the...

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How Real Estate Disruptors Are Consolidating To Capture EU PropTech Market
How Real Estate Disruptors Are Consolidating To Capture EU PropTech Market
October 10, 2022  |  Real Estate

Milan-based PropTech firm Casavo recently announced that it is acquiring Paris-based online estate agent Proprioo as part of its expansion into the French market. The...

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Retail Warehouse Shortage Could Worsen as Cities Mull Construction Bans
Retail Warehouse Shortage Could Worsen as Cities Mull Construction Bans
October 10, 2022  |  Retail

In the city of Colton, California, there are 54,000 residents and 58 licensed warehouses. The city is in the state’s Inland Empire, just east of...

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Fraudsters Shift Focus to Big-Ticket Real Estate Closing Scams
Fraudsters Shift Focus to Big-Ticket Real Estate Closing Scams
October 09, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

The Secret Service has been looking into identifying scammers moving millions of stolen dollars through banks around the New York tri-state area. A Bloomberg report...

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Redfin Adds Down Payment Assistance Information to Home Listings
Redfin Adds Down Payment Assistance Information to Home Listings
October 06, 2022  |  Real Estate

Saying it wants to help make homeownership more affordable, technology-powered real estate company Redfin has added a new feature to the home listings on its...

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Swollen Retail Inventories Leave Small Businesses Short on Warehouse Space
Swollen Retail Inventories Leave Small Businesses Short on Warehouse Space
October 05, 2022  |  Retail

A glut of inventory for America’s big retailers has left small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across the country scrambling to find warehouse space. Real estate...

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