Get ready Inmanville 2021 is going to be an “insane year” for innovation in real estate.
That was the initial message of real estate tech strategist and coveted industry consultant Mike DelPrete when he took to Inman Connect’s virtual stage to share his “Five Megatrends of Real Estate Tech.”
DelPrete is no stranger to Inman event attendees or to most of proptech’s top brands. The entrepreneur-turned-tech-trends barometer led off his presentation with something he’s said before but insists is more pertinent than ever: “The industry is moving very slowly, but it’s never moved this fast.” Here are DelPrete’s top five megatrends.
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Spruce, a digital closing company, is rolling out a white-label product aimed at ascendant real-estate tech companies.
The service allows tech-forward brokerages, iBuyers, and other proptech pioneers to run their own digital title agencies, without having to build one in-house or acquire one externally.
CEO and cofounder Patrick Burns said that the company is trying to build the tools that power real estate s tech evolution, which has moved the traditional methods of buying and selling homes increasingly online during the coronavirus pandemic.
Spruce is among the proptech companies profiting from the pandemic and resulting digital shift of real-estate transactions. In May 2020, Spruce raised a $29 million Series B.
Company is Fastest-growing Technology for Real Estate Project Delivery
Company to Host Special Virtual Event in January 2021
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Northspyre, a cloud-based intelligence platform for real estate owners, developers and project management firms, today announced that it has facilitated more than $20 billion worth of capital projects on its cloud-based platform since its founding in 2017. Projects facilitated by Northspyre include ground-up developments, large-scale renovations and fit-outs, among others, in all major US markets.
“Despite a universally challenging year for the world, we feel so grateful to have achieved so much in 2020,” said William Sankey, Co-founder, CEO and Head of Product at Northspyre, and former NYC real estate developer. “With remote work becoming the norm, we experienced our highest user engagement since founding. We helped teams of all sizes to collaborate effectively, leverage automation to eliminate in-office administrative tas