Category: real estate

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September 2, 2021

THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY EMERGENCY – PROPTECH FOR SOCIAL GOOD

When in May of this year a US real estate investment company bought all 112 properties in a new housing development outside Dublin, Ireland in order to rent them out, there was public uproar. Previously, the same company had acquired 4 developments tailored for student accommodation with a total of 1,200 bedrooms and hundreds of […]

CBRE Proptech Team
July 15, 2021

REPLACE, REPLACE, RETHINK

Is building efficiency all about replacing old stuff by new stuff?   Most building managers have the same process when it comes to energy retrofits: Do an audit, identify the largest consumers, then replace it.       Half of the energy consumed by your buildings is due to heating, cooling and ventilation systems. Replacing […]

CBRE Proptech Team
July 7, 2021

Entering a new era in commercial real estate leasing

The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of technology in the real estate industry, mainly due to its obvious advantages: it reduces direct interactions, it allows remote work and it saves time and money. Furthermore, technology can play a great role in supporting various UN development goals or ESG policies.     For commercial landlords facing […]

CBRE Proptech Team
June 29, 2021

Why you need to know your customer

Many agencies have started to use amalgamated customer data and amalgamated location data and as we know this leads to inaccuracies in your baseline data.  Camera technology does not allow you to communicate with your customers and GDPR shouldn’t send shockwaves through your organisation but should be encouraged to ensure compliance and engage with your […]

CBRE Proptech Team
June 23, 2021

DIGITALISATION IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR: THE FIVE LAZIEST EXCUSES

While there is a lot of talk about 5G networks, 53 locations in Brandenburg [1] still have no reliable mobile coverage. Facts like this show us that digitalisation is still far away from where many would like it to be. A similar parallel can be drawn for the real estate sector. The term “innovation” is gladly […]

CBRE Proptech Team
June 8, 2021

RELATIONSHIP STARTUP-CORPORATE

WHAT DOES THIS RELATIONSHIP LOOK LIKE?   Another interesting topic around startups is how they interact with large corporations.   Possibly one of the biggest conclusions is that this type of relationship is very well received, as 8 out of 10 startups have some kind of relationship with a big corporation. These range from a […]

CBRE Proptech Team
May 31, 2021

DIGITALISATION AS THE VACCINE FOR REAL ESTATE

Real estate has been the largest market pending digitalisation, with many of its processes being done face to face, so it was no surprise that it was heavily hit by the coronavirus. The global pandemic came all of a sudden into our way of life: construction came to a standstill, visiting properties was unthinkable when […]

CBRE Proptech Team
May 28, 2021

Enhance Experience in Coworking Spaces with IoT Technologies

There is an emerging concept of work and the workplace. Coworking spaces now bring together an extensive network of talent from all sectors and across generations. The cross-generation work style brings new opportunities and opens coworking to more people than ever before, from the business-oriented Millenials to the qualified Generation Y.     So what’s […]

CBRE Proptech Team
May 25, 2021

EUROPEAN PROPTECH GUIDE – FINANCING STRATEGY

We have defined five different sources of financing; (i) equity, (ii) BA & Crowdfunding, (iii) financing rounds, (iv) public financing or bank loans and (v) others. Our analysis shows that, depending on the state of the startup, it will leverage on one or other source of liquidity.     In the first phase, where the […]

CBRE Proptech Team
May 13, 2021

WHY REAL ESTATE ENTERPRISES FAIL AT THEIR DATA STRATEGY

A trend that has emerged with probably greater clarity than any other during the pandemic is the speed at which real estate companies around the world are embracing data. With digitization giving the industry access to more data than ever, there is a growing appetite for data strategy and data-driven decision making.     It […]

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