Financial Innovation

Financial innovation in real estate, where new products are built in the capital structure rather than the building. Thesis Driven dives into home equity agreements and shared appreciation, sale-leasebacks and rent-to-own, fractional and co-ownership models, security deposit alternatives and guarantor products, lease securitization, secondary markets for private real estate, and tokenized ownership.

26 articles (Page 2)

Single-Family Rental / Housing & Urban Policy

If Wall Street Gets the Boot

Rising populism threatens to end institutional SFR as we know it. What happens next and who are the likely winners and losers?

Brad Hargreaves Sep 5, 2024

Financial Innovation / Deep Dives

Deep Dive: Ownify

Can a fractional ownership model help renters become owners?

Brad Hargreaves Jul 10, 2024

Multifamily / Property Management

Points and Cash Back: The Rise of Loyalty Programs in Multifamily

And where today's acquisition news will take the future of the category

Brad Hargreaves Jun 13, 2024

C-PACE / Real Estate Debt & Lending

Optimizing Capital Stacks with C-PACE Financing

Exploring the opportunities, challenges and uses of C-PACE financing for commercial real estate

Laura Rapaport Jun 6, 2024

Financial Innovation / Multifamily

Financial Innovation Comes to Residential Leases

Security Deposit Alternatives, Guarantor-as-a-Service Bring Credit Enhancement to Rental Markets

Hunter May 9, 2024

Short-Term & Flex Rentals / Multifamily

Airbnb's Multifamily Play

In its bid to add more hosts, Airbnb is placing tenants with the biggest multifamily owners

Brad Hargreaves Mar 28, 2024

Cap Rates & Valuation / Real Estate Debt & Lending

Appraisal's Crunch Time

With volatile prices and fewer transactions, appraisal is more difficult - and more important - than ever. What does this mean for real estate operators?

Hunter Mar 19, 2024