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The Realtor’s® role in affordable housing

October 4, 2022

The Realtor���s® role in affordable housing
The shortage of affordable housing is on everyone’s radar, and across North America we’re seeing real estate professionals stepping up to be the solution for their clients and communities. We’re firm believers that if one person can do it, another can, too.

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Thor Equities

Thor Equities is a leader in urban real estate development, leasing and management, pursuing premier retail and mixed-use assets in high-density areas. Thor Equities provides the best possible “High Street” retail and mixed-use building environments throughout the urban landscape across the United States, Latin America and Europe – all while delivering attractive, risk-adjusted returns to investors. The Thor Equities team delivers optimum results – assessing the most efficient way to operate a property to generate returns for investors by recognizing potential, reducing operating expenses, increasing tenant satisfaction, and leveraging market trends to maintain a property’s long-term competitive edge. The goal is to provide an unmatched “lifestyle” experience for the end user, whether it be living, working or shopping. Simply put, Thor Equities matches the people, the capital and the expertise to achieve unparalleled results.

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Digitally connecting the housing industry ecosystem

whitePaper | July 13, 2022

The post-pandemic phase has brought interesting challenges to the housing industry. During the pandemic, the industry enjoyed a high demand environment, low interest rates, and Fed-sponsored forbearance programs.

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How fractional real estate ownership can contribute to social impact

whitePaper | July 14, 2022

Over the past several years, it has become clear that many investors want to invest in a way that their capital delivers both financial performance and a positive impact on society. What started out as a movement to bring ethical considerations into investing and evolved into “sustainable investment” with an emphasis on managing ESG investment risk, is now clearly shifting its focus towards better understanding the ways that investments can contribute to solving societal problems.

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Bringing Companies on-chain

whitePaper | January 4, 2023

Brickken is creating a dApp (decentralized application) which provides the infrastructure needed for companies to bring their assets on-chain and self-fund themselves via Security Token Offerings, and for DAOs to be able to operate in a legally compliant environment. Our goal is to bridge offline to online, and web2 to web3 to prepare the world for a new fully tokenized reality

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Four causes of inflation that impact real estate

whitePaper | November 10, 2022

The U.S. Department of Labor defines inflation as “the overall general upward price movement of goods and services in an economy.” When we wrote our inflation piece in the summer of 2021, many economists and politicians were characterizing inflation as transitory. A year later, inflation has started to take hold in key areas of the market which will have an impact on how real estate investors should view their current and prospective investment. The annual inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been 7.5% or higher since January of this year, peaking at 9.05% in June.

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Residential Real Estate – Leading to Net Zero

whitePaper | March 14, 2023

Real estate is one of the most important areas in the fight against climate change. In the European Union, buildings account for around 40% of energy usage and 36% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Residential real estate accounts for a significant proportion of this total, with 119 million residential buildings in Europe, of which nearly 20 million in Germany alone. For nations to fulfil their commitment to net zero emissions by 2050, defining a clear pathway toward greater energy efficiency in real estate is vital.

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A HISTORICAL LOOK AT MULTIFAMILY PERFORMANCE IN INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENTS

whitePaper | May 19, 2022

Over the past 12 months, the pace of inflation has accelerated faster than any other year-over-year period since the Reagan Administration. In March 2022, consumer prices had shot up a staggering 8.5 percent compared to the year prior – with no signs of slowing down.

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Spotlight

Thor Equities

Thor Equities is a leader in urban real estate development, leasing and management, pursuing premier retail and mixed-use assets in high-density areas. Thor Equities provides the best possible “High Street” retail and mixed-use building environments throughout the urban landscape across the United States, Latin America and Europe – all while delivering attractive, risk-adjusted returns to investors. The Thor Equities team delivers optimum results – assessing the most efficient way to operate a property to generate returns for investors by recognizing potential, reducing operating expenses, increasing tenant satisfaction, and leveraging market trends to maintain a property’s long-term competitive edge. The goal is to provide an unmatched “lifestyle” experience for the end user, whether it be living, working or shopping. Simply put, Thor Equities matches the people, the capital and the expertise to achieve unparalleled results.

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