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Built Technologies Creating Solutions for Commercial Property Developers
April 04, 2023

Built Technologies has launched a new business unit focused on solutions for commercial property developers. The new business unit’s first product will be launched later this year, joining the other solutions offered by the provider of construction and real estate finance technology, Built said in...

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Credit Building Programs, Cooler Rental Market Aid Renters Seeking to Upgrade
March 10, 2023

Although the real estate market remains too hot for some first-time buyers, rental prices are finally sinking. This is according to CoreLogic’s recently released Single-Family Rent Index, which analyzes rental prices across the U.S., finding that nationally, rents are still higher than pre-pandemic levels. At 6.4%...

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Getmomo and VVRB Team on Underwriting Tenants’ Cash Deposits
March 03, 2023

Getmomo has partnered with Vereinigte Volksbank Raiffeisenbank (VVRB) to underwrite tenants. With this collaboration, the Berlin-based vertical payment platform for real estate and the German bank provide an alternative to the traditional cash deposit, the companies said in a Thursday (March 2) press release. “With almost 30 billion euros...

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Report: Malls Offer Preview of Commercial Real Estate Collapse
February 19, 2023

Are malls the canary in the commercial real estate coal mine? A recent Bloomberg News report warns that the collapse of the American mall industry could be near, and could portend a wave of commercial real estate defaults that extends to office spaces hit by...

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Inflation’s Driven 18M Consumers to Give Up on Buying a New Home
February 09, 2023

Increasingly, having a room of one’s own — an affordable house or rental — feels out of reach. In the most recent monthly PYMNTS gauge of consumer sentiment: “Rising Housing Costs Deflate Economic Optimism,” we found that the share of consumers who feel it is...

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Rising Housing Costs Set Stage for Solutions Aiding Renters and Homebuyers 
February 06, 2023

Consumers’ financial well-being has been strained as housing costs outpace both inflation and wages.  PYMNTS’ most recent “Consumer Inflation Sentiment” report examines this issue across age and income demographics as owning or renting on one’s own becomes increasingly out of reach for many Americans. The share...

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Inflation Fuels Housing Crisis 2.0 as Home Ownership and Rentals Test Affordability
February 03, 2023

Inflation’s impact on the affordability of housing is putting the American dream of home ownership further out of reach for more consumers, with even renting now outpacing the financial realities of more people. PYMNTS has assiduously tracked the effects of inflation from the start of...

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D2C Builder Welcome Homes Sees Niche Opportunity Amid Real Estate Turmoil
January 23, 2023

As homebuilding slows down, one D2C startup says it’s just finding its niche. In an interview with PYMNTS, Alec Hartman, co-founder and CEO of direct-to-consumer (D2C) homebuilding site Welcome Homes, which recently announced a $29 million Series A funding round, spoke to the opportunity the...

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UK Mortgage Payments Hit Highest Level Since 2008
January 13, 2023

Mortgage costs relative to income in the United Kingdom have risen to their highest level in years. The latest data published by mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society Friday (Jan. 13) revealed that in the final quarter of 2022, first-time buyers were spending on average 39%...