REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
eXp Realty | September 19, 2022
eXp Realty®, the fastest-growing global real estate brokerage and the core subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, Inc., today announced plans to expand its real estate operations into Poland.
This announcement follows the successful launch of four new markets in 2022 including the Dominican Republic, Greece, New Zealand and Chile with Dubai expected to open soon. Upon launch of these new markets, eXp Realty will have a presence in 24 global markets, including its headquarters in the United States.
“Poland’s recent wave of real estate brokerage consolidation speaks to the attractiveness of its property sector for both foreign and domestic investments, With continued rapid growth and resilience in the real estate market, Poland provides eXp Realty an ideal opportunity to establish a strong foothold in the Central and Eastern European region.”
-Michael Valdes, Chief Growth Officer
eXp Realty’s brokerage operations in Poland will be led by Dorota Chomuntowska who joins the company with more than 11 years of real estate broker experience in Poland and other international markets. eXp has pioneered a new wave of quality and value for the real estate industry, I am honored to lead this expansion in Poland and look forward to introducing eXp Realty to agents across the country,says Chomuntowska.
About eXp World Holdings, Inc.
eXp World Holdings, Inc. is the holding company for eXp Realty®, Virbela and SUCCESS® Enterprises. eXp Realty is the fastest-growing real estate company in the world with more than 84,000 agents in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, India, Mexico, Portugal, France, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Italy, Hong Kong, Colombia, Spain, Israel, Panama, Germany, Dominican Republic, Greece, New Zealand and Chile and continues to scale internationally. As a publicly traded company, eXp World Holdings provides real estate professionals the unique opportunity to earn equity awards for production goals and contributions to overall company growth. eXp World Holdings and its businesses offer a full suite of brokerage and real estate tech solutions, including its innovative residential and commercial brokerage model, professional services, collaborative tools and personal development. The cloud-based brokerage is powered by Virbela, an immersive 3D platform that is deeply social and collaborative, enabling agents to be more connected and productive. SUCCESS® Enterprises, anchored by SUCCESS® magazine and its related media properties, was established in 1897 and is a leading personal and professional development brand and publication.
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REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY
Lone Wolf Technologies | September 07, 2022
Lone Wolf Technologies (Lone Wolf), the leader in North American residential real estate software, announced today the rollout of the company's highly popular digital signature solution, the all-new Authentisign, to Lone Wolf Transactions (zipForm Edition) customers. This rollout will take place nationwide in a phased market approach starting today.
As real estate's most trusted digital signature solution, Authentisign has for over 20 years provided the industry with a way to sign transactions documents quickly, easily, and most importantly, securely. The all-new Authentisign will replace the existing digital signature solution built into Transactions (zipForm Edition) and represents a significant improvement in how real estate professionals manage and complete signings.
In the new Authentisign, users will experience:
Improved signing creation workflows that remove the need for a signing wizard
An improved signer experience that times signature prompts to match user interaction
Performance improvements that mean users can complete signings up to 60% faster
With these improvements, users will be able to complete signings in just three easy steps—so they can process and close deals faster than ever while providing a simpler experience for homebuyers and sellers.
Since its original release in 2021, the all-new Authentisign has received over 1.8 million ratings from agents, buyers, and sellers alike with a 4.5 out of 5 average. Of the 42 million signings completed in Lone Wolf solutions in the last year, 17 million have been completed using the all-new Authentisign.
"The new Authentisign was not only easier and faster than the previous version; it was also easier and faster than any other signature solution I've used, The new transaction workspace is a massive time-saver for real estate agents, and the signing experience for clients is incredibly intuitive."
- Janice Poetsch, Chief Administrative Officer at Fair Realty
This release, which comes on the heels of Lone Wolf's new forms editor, features the same groundbreaking technology designed to simplify real estate for everyone involved, Together, these two solutions will go a long way toward modernizing the forms and signing process as well as the entire buyer and seller journey,said Dan Fortin, Senior Product Manager at Lone Wolf.
Real estate has migrated from fragmented point solutions to digitally connected experiences, and transactions are the heart of it all, By connecting improved signatures to transactions through the all-new Authentisign, we're creating a central hub where real estate professionals can access and provide to their own clients the only truly connected start-to-finish experience in the industry,said Sean Wheeler, CTO at Lone Wolf.
About Lone Wolf Technologies
Lone Wolf Technologies is the North American leader in residential real estate software, serving over 1.5 million real estate professionals across Canada and the U.S. With cloud solutions for agents, brokers, franchises, MLSs and associations alike, the company provides the entire real estate industry with the tools they need to amaze clients, build their business, and improve profits from transactions to back office, insights, and more, all in one place. Lone Wolf's head offices are located in Cambridge, ON, and Dallas, TX.
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REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
The Instant Group, Incendium and Capstan Advisors | August 17, 2022
Workspace and strategy consultancy Incendium Consulting, part of the global workspace innovation firm The Instant Group, has acquired Capstan Advisors. As the shift to hybrid work environments has challenged businesses cross-functionally, Fortune 1000 companies look to Incendium and Instant for smarter working strategies. This alliance strengthens Incendium's global reach and accelerates its U.S. growth strategy to help enterprise corporations with organizational and functional strategy.
Leaders need flexibility and smarter working practices to address ever-changing workplace dynamics, particularly in this pivotal moment of change, As part of the world's largest global flexible marketplace, we work with business and corporate real estate leaders to challenge traditional approaches to real estate and evolve workplace models that deliver smart work solutions. Capstan Advisors will ignite Incendium's U.S. expansion plans for our real estate advisory services practice. Their experience and strength in corporate real estate consulting, procurement and strategy brings depth of capability and additional blue-chip clients to the group,said Mike Perkis, Global Head of Incendium Consulting.
Headquartered in the U.S., Capstan Advisors is a leading provider of organizational design, outsourcing process management, contract negotiation, and transition support for the full spectrum of corporate real estate services for global Fortune 1000 companies. Like Incendium, they work with some of the largest firms in pharmaceutical, technology, manufacturing, financial services and telecom/media services.
"Corporate real estate executives face tremendous challenges today, with the changing nature of work and renewed pressure to reduce costs, Incendium expands both our global reach and the services we can offer to our clients, from our core business of operating model and procurement to Incendium's other advisory areas such as sustainability, executive recruiting and workplace strategy advisory services."
-Paul Garity, one of Capstan's partners
Garity and his partners, Sherri Parman, John Davis, and Kent Wiegel are all seasoned corporate real estate executives with hands-on experience managing corporate real estate as both corporate real estate executives and service providers. Since inception, Capstan has completed advisory assignments for over 100 corporations with real estate portfolios in the Americas, EMEA and Asia.
About The Instant Group
The Instant Group has been rethinking workspace since 1999 with over 500 experts working globally across more than 175 countries. Instant's digital platforms constitute the world's largest digital marketplace for flexible workspace listing meeting rooms, virtual offices, flexible office space and coworking memberships. Its global team advises on commercial real estate solutions from serviced offices to fully customized managed offices, and consulting services for portfolio and net zero strategies. Instant's approach enables agility, hybrid working solutions and improved operational resilience for more than 250,000 businesses every year. Clients include Amex, Prudential, Booking.com, Shell, Jaguar Land Rover and GSK. Instant has global offices including London, Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney.
About Incendium
Incendium is a leading global corporate real estate consultancy business that partners with occupiers to support and enable their business performance through its core service lines of Strategy & Change, Operating Model and Procurement, and Sustainability. Incendium works with a range of significant blue-chip global clients across many sectors to use real estate as a catalyst for agility, performance, and value. As part of The Instant Group, it works together with colleagues from across the business to devise and implement innovative agile workplace strategies and solutions for all clients.
About Capstan Advisors
Capstan Advisors, founded in 2007, is a leading consulting firm in the U.S. dedicated to advising corporate real estate and procurement executives of global companies on best practices for corporate real estate organizations, operations and service delivery. Capstan's primary consulting services include organizational transformation, outsourcing consulting, ongoing contract governance, transition implementation, and performance management. Capstan assists clients across the spectrum of services including facilities operations, transactions, project management, lease administration, and a variety of other corporate services.
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