The way people buy and sell homes hasn't changed in decades, but new tech-focused firms like REX Real Estate are looking to shake things up.
Jack Ryan, Founder and CEO of REX Real Estate, explains how the company is using A.I. and big data to streamline the real estate process. Ryan says big data lets them target buyers more quickly and more accurately than other agents.
REX Real Estate is currently available in New York and California, and will be opening offices in Texas and Colorado in the next few months. Ryan says he plans on being available throughout the entire country within a few years.
Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, told the Financial Times that the U.S. commercial property market is in trouble. “It’s not nearly as bad as it was in 2008,” he said. “But trouble happens to banking just like trouble happens everywhere else.”
Labor strife is coming to a head in the entertainment industry, as the Writers Guild of America (WGA) said it's prepared to strike at midnight Tuesday if it doesn't come to terms with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
Regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank early Monday, making it the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, and promptly sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase.
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