Real estate stories
Stake raises USD $8m and buys UMoveFree and Lighthouse to build an AI-driven renter network spanning search, leasing, rewards and banking.
Crypto slips from the spotlight as blockchain quietly rebuilds finance, joining forces with AI to reshape money's hidden plumbing.
Amazon leads the concentrated global hyperscale data centre market, as the top 10 providers captured 46% of 2024 revenue.
Spoofed AI agents are hammering major websites with billions of hidden requests, driving up costs and outpacing current security defences.
Entrepreneurs increasingly see AI as a tool for efficiency and cost-cutting, not a springboard to new markets or sustainability goals.
Brickflow adds Aldermore to its lender panel, widening brokers' access to specialist commercial and property-backed finance products.
Data centre boom drives new financing structures across Asia Pacific loan markets, APLMA whitepaper finds, reshaping risk and investor mix.
Google has picked 14 Canadian AI startups for its latest accelerator cohort, spanning healthcare, finance, industry and agriculture.
Warehouse automation shifts from a discretionary cost play to a strategic necessity as labour shortages and weak productivity squeeze ANZ firms.
Colter Bay launches Australian private credit fund with AUD $100m facility to plug an estimated AUD $25bn lower mid-market funding gap.
Ultra-wealthy buyers chase luxury New Zealand homes above NZD $5 million, but a thin supply of ultra-premium listings is driving competition.
Golden visa investors are flocking to New Zealand, fuelling surging demand for luxury homes above NZD $5 million amid tight supply.
New Active Investor Plus Visa rules unleash overseas demand for New Zealand homes above NZD $5 million, straining scarce luxury supply.
Malaysia pitches itself as a regional AI hub, but new research shows workplace adoption lags far behind the technology's potential.
Place Informatics launches PlaceVenueIQ to help UK retailers and hospitality brands benchmark, rank and de-risk new site decisions.
Propopoly secures FMA guidance to launch a tokenised housing platform, offering Kiwis fractional stakes in new-build projects nationwide.
DRA launches Chennai's first multi-lingual AI home sales assistant, giving buyers instant project details and scheduling site visits.
New Zealand faces a squeeze in ultra-luxury homes as visa rule changes unleash overseas demand for properties above NZD $5 million.
Property firms warn new UK digital ID rules still lack clear “confidence” levels, risking patchy compliance and confused procurement.
Vancouver-based Hiswai has launched Zuno, an AI chat layer that turns corporate websites into conversational, data-rich customer hubs.