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The Rise of Data-Driven Disruption in Real Estate: How Technology Is Reshaping Investment Strategies
A feature on technology’s growing role in real estate investing, and the data-driven approach behind it.
Read article (opens in a new tab)MediaCoverageThe Rise of Data-Driven Disruption in Real Estate: How Technology Is Reshaping Investment Strategies
How data-driven approaches give real estate investors better-informed decisions and portfolios built for long-term gains.
Read moreForbes Business Council15 Real Estate Pros Share Their Market Prediction Trends For 2022 And Beyond
Deniz Kahramaner predicts natural disasters will reshape where people want to live and what they pay, pointing to fire insurance near California’s forests.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Forbes Business Council14 Attractive Features To Focus On When Building A New Property
Deniz Kahramaner on matching a new property’s features to its buyers, such as three bedrooms for a family home in a strong school district.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Indy WeekTBJ: A Look at the Triangle’s Troubling Real Estate Market
Atlasa’s analysis of who is buying in Raleigh-Durham: out-of-state movers, locals, and the LLCs and trusts that mask the rest.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Triangle Business JournalUntil this stops, home prices will keep going up
Atlasa found about 22 percent of Raleigh-area home sales in early 2021 went to out-of-state buyers, against 44 percent to local residents.
Read article (opens in a new tab)The Wall Street JournalWork-From-Anywhere Perks Give Silicon Valley a New Edge in Talent War
Atlasa found more of Austin’s early-2021 home buyers had moved from San Francisco than from within Austin, including around 50 Google employees.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Forbes Real Estate CouncilHow To Streamline The Closing Process: 14 Steps For Homebuyers
Deniz Kahramaner on how agents can make closing the easiest part of buying a home.
Read article (opens in a new tab)OutsideWhen the Techies Took Over Tahoe
Of 2,280 Tahoe-area home buyers Atlasa identified in 2020, roughly 30 percent worked at software companies, led by Google, Apple and Facebook.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Forbes Real Estate Council11 Tips For Prospective CRE Managers
Advice for new commercial real estate managers, from contract negotiations to building upkeep.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Forbes Real Estate Council15 Ways To Land A Good Real Estate Deal
Deniz Kahramaner on working smarter to find the best investment leads, and why his approach works.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Forbes Real Estate CouncilHow Real Estate Pros Can Prepare For Future Environmental Regulations
Deniz Kahramaner on the steps owners and investors can take before new environmental rules affect what they can sell or lease.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Yahoo FinanceStanford Graduate and Data Scientist Sets His Sights on Revolutionizing the Real Estate Industry with a Focus on Big Data
A profile of Deniz Kahramaner and Atlasa’s analytics-driven approach to helping clients build long-term wealth through real estate.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Forbes Real Estate Council15 Technology Trends Disrupting Real Estate Today
Deniz Kahramaner on the technology trends having the biggest impact on real estate.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Forbes Real Estate Council15 Ways To Build A More Resilient Hospitality Business
Deniz Kahramaner on how hospitality businesses can build lasting resilience through the pandemic and beyond.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Forbes Real Estate CouncilIs San Francisco Losing Its Tech Hub Throne? Don’t Believe The Doomsayers, Believe The Data
Deniz Kahramaner on why early-stage funding predicts future IPOs, and IPOs predict home prices, so San Francisco remains the tech capital.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Forbes Real Estate CouncilSeven Pervasive Myths About Real Estate Down Payments
Deniz Kahramaner on the misconceptions buyers most often hold about down payments.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Forbes Real Estate Council13 Pertinent Questions To Ask During A Home Inspection
Deniz Kahramaner on the question he most wants to hear from buyers during a home inspection.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Forbes Real Estate Council10 Ways Real Estate Pros Can Leverage Property Technology
Deniz Kahramaner shares the most efficient ways for agents to put proptech to work.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Property SparkTop 100 California Real Estate Agents On Social Media
A ranking of the California real estate agents doing the best work on social media.
Read article (opens in a new tab)The Detroit NewsLake Tahoe is becoming a refuge for San Francisco and Silicon Valley’s elite
About a third of the Truckee and El Dorado County buyers Atlasa identified that summer work in tech, a shift set to change Tahoe’s demographics.
Read article (opens in a new tab)BloombergWork-Anywhere Shift Has Wealthy Tech Crowd Invading Lake Tahoe
Atlasa identified the employers of 363 recent Truckee and El Dorado County home buyers and found about a third work in tech.
Read article (opens in a new tab)BloombergSan Francisco Virus Refugees Return From Napa as Wildfires Rage
Napa County home contracts nearly doubled that summer, until wildfires sent buyers looking closer to San Francisco.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Fox BusinessCoronavirus causes month-to-month lease popularity to rise
Deniz Kahramaner on why short-term leases took off in San Francisco as pandemic uncertainty gave renters leverage.
Watch segmentBNN BloombergWealthy Havens Lure Homebuyers in ‘Mad Rush’ From San Francisco
Demand soared in the outer suburbs, and Deniz Kahramaner warned that unrest in cities could further delay the recovery of urban appeal.
Read moreThe Armenian ReporterNYC businesses and companies skip rent payments as shutdown drags on
Without bars, restaurants and weekends out, Deniz Kahramaner said, young city dwellers had every reason to move back in with their parents.
Read moreBoston.comYoung are joining the rich fleeing America’s big cities for the suburbs
“The draw of the city is the social life,” said Deniz Kahramaner. Without it, “it makes a lot of sense to just abandon ship and go back to your parents.”
Read article (opens in a new tab)BloombergYoung Join the Rich Fleeing America’s Big Cities for Suburbs
With city attractions shut by the pandemic, younger residents joined wealthier ones in waiting it out elsewhere.
Read article (opens in a new tab)The New York TimesWhere Are the Tech Zillionaires? San Francisco Faces the I.P.O. Fizzle
The IPO cash-out that was supposed to mint San Francisco’s new ultra-rich hasn’t played out as predicted, though it may yet need more time.
Read article (opens in a new tab)El FinancieroSan Francisco ‘se frotaba’ las manos ante una ola de OPIs… decepcionantes
The Spanish-language edition of Bloomberg Businessweek’s story on the IPO wave that disappointed, and Atlasa’s estimate of 4,500 new millionaires.
Read article (opens in a new tab)La RepubblicaThe Invasion of the Ultra-Rich
Even as the IPO wave fell short, Atlasa estimated about 4,500 new millionaires from that year’s offerings.
Read moreBloombergSan Francisco Was Preparing for a Flood of IPO Cash That Never Came
The market slowed, but Atlasa still estimated around 4,500 new millionaires from that year’s IPOs.
Read article (opens in a new tab)The Real Deal‘Thank God’ for techies
Atlasa found tech executives buy about 18 months after an IPO, putting 2019’s beneficiaries in the market by spring 2020.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Business Insider Japanリフォーム済み、広く明るいキッチン、ルーフデッキ…サンフランシスコで大富豪が求めるのはこんな家
What San Francisco’s new millionaires look for in a home: most want single-family houses, with condos a small share of tech purchases.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Business InsiderSan Francisco real estate agents reveal the non-negotiable feature every tech millionaire has for buying a house
Deniz Kahramaner on what tech millionaires want from a home, starting with bathrooms renovated before move-in.
Read article (opens in a new tab)BerlingskeEn industri har sendt San Franciscos huspriser på himmelflugt – og indbyggerne på gaden
A profile of Deniz Kahramaner and Atlasa’s insight into not just where San Francisco homes sell, but who buys them.
Read article (opens in a new tab)The Press DemocratSonoma County’s luxury home market poised for coming tech IPOs
Most of the IPO wealth will stay in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, but the North Bay’s high end is expected to draw newly flush buyers.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Esquire ItaliaPerché San Francisco è diventata la città dei milionari?
Atlasa’s profile of San Francisco’s new owners showed a clear link between tech IPOs and rising values, especially in certain neighborhoods.
Read article (opens in a new tab)InmanThe data-driven agent who works out with his team on a daily basis
Inman Diaries follows Deniz Kahramaner and the Atlasa team, from earthquake-risk research to daily team workouts.
Read moreYahoo FinanceSan Francisco’s tech workers are flocking to this neighborhood to buy homes
At least 89 tech workers bought homes in Mission Bay in 2018, up 134 percent on the year before, ahead of South Beach and SoMa.
Read article (opens in a new tab)NBC Bay AreaSF Home Prices Expected to Spike After Uber IPO
Uber’s IPO was set to turn many employees into would-be San Francisco home buyers, pushing prices up across the region.
Watch segmentFox NewsSan Francisco bracing for IPO tech boom that could make housing prices more expensive
With median prices already near $1.35 million, experts warned the IPO boom could make today’s San Francisco look like a bargain.
Read article (opens in a new tab)SF ExaminerAgent’s Perspective: Mayor Ed Lee’s 2012 “Twitter Tax Break” Success Fueling SF’s Real Estate Boom
Atlasa’s buyer data put software at 51 percent of San Francisco home purchases, ahead of finance at 8.9 percent and biotech at 4.5 percent.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Nob Hill GazetteThe 181 Fremont Raises SF Leaders to New Heights
181 Fremont launched its quarterly Philanthropy Awards, spotlighting organizations and people doing good for the city.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Daily MailSilicon Valley rents are so high even households on $100,000 a year can’t afford to live nearby
Atlasa’s data showed buyers favoring neighborhoods near the freeways and trains into Silicon Valley as rents soared.
Read article (opens in a new tab)KPIX 5San Francisco Officials Eye Impact Of Tech IPO Cash On Real Estate Market
The 2019 wave of tech IPOs could lift the city’s median home value more than 11 percent within two years.
Watch segmentNOSGat tussen arm en rijk wordt in San Francisco nóg groter na massale beursgang
Atlasa estimated that the 2019 IPOs would release about $250 billion and send 5,000 cash-rich buyers into San Francisco’s housing market.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Morning BrewWhat Happens on Wall Street, Stays in San Francisco
Atlasa found that 51 percent of the San Francisco home buyers it could identify in 2018 worked in software.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Daily MailMore than 50 percent of all property sold in SF is being bought up by software tycoons
Atlasa counted the tech-company buyers behind San Francisco’s 2018 home sales and mapped the neighborhoods where they bought.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Fox BusinessUber, Pinterest, Zoom, Slack IPOs have San Francisco bracing for new tech boom
“Over the next five years, I expect rent prices and home prices to appreciate at least 50 percent,” said Deniz Kahramaner.
Read article (opens in a new tab)SFGATESound Off: What do you need to know before buying a fixer upper?
Zoning, historic districts, location and budget: Deniz Kahramaner on what to check before taking on a fixer-upper.
Read article (opens in a new tab)The AtlanticWho’s Really Buying Property in San Francisco?
Most agents track where homes sell. Atlasa looked at who is buying them, and what that data set reveals about San Francisco.
Read article (opens in a new tab)My PressBig data prevé que Silicon Valley podría tener 5000 nuevos millonarios para 2020
Atlasa expects more than 200 of the new millionaires could buy homes at $10 million or more, pricing sub-$1 million homes out within five years.
Read article (opens in a new tab)GeekWireHow the Bay Area tech IPO boom could create a ‘ripple effect’ in Seattle’s housing market
Deniz Kahramaner estimated the 2019 IPOs could create $250 billion in valuation, with effects reaching housing markets as far as Seattle.
Read article (opens in a new tab)KTVU FOX 2How a swarm of initial public offerings could impact the Bay Area
Deniz Kahramaner’s forecast that San Francisco single-family homes could average $5 million for cash buyers, and what sudden wealth does and doesn’t buy.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Yahoo FinanceSilicon Valley could have 5,000 new millionaires after this year’s tech IPOs
A new Atlasa methodology estimated how many millionaires the 2019 IPOs would create, and the pressure they would put on the luxury market.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Yahoo Finance$1,000,000 home for sale highlights San Francisco’s wild real estate market
“$150 billion to $250 billion are going to be unlocked in market capitalization over the next two years,” Deniz Kahramaner said.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Estadão‘Unicórnios’ lotarão ruas de São Francisco com milionários
“House prices can rise to an average of $5 million. Everything will be paid in cash,” said Deniz Kahramaner.
Read article (opens in a new tab)InfobaeSan Francisco se prepara para recibir una ola de nuevos ricos
“Are we going to see houses for less than three million? Definitely not. Yes, it is crazy. But it is going to happen,” said Deniz Kahramaner.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Daily MailTidal wave of 10,000 instant millionaires could be set to hit San Francisco when major tech companies like Uber, Lyft and Airbnb go public, sending property prices skyrocketing
Deniz Kahramaner said sub-$1 million one-bedrooms and sub-$3 million houses would be a thing of the past within five years.
Read article (opens in a new tab)ABC7IPO ‘tidal wave’ expected to drive up San Francisco home prices
With Airbnb, Uber, Lyft and others set to go public at a combined $200 billion, San Francisco home prices could climb even higher.
Watch segmentLa NaciónSan Francisco se prepara para una invasión de millonarios por la transformación de grandes empresas
“Will there be a one-to-three million dollar single-family home?” Deniz Kahramaner asked. His data on new millionaires and new supply said no.
Read article (opens in a new tab)FortuneSan Francisco Housing Price Surge Expected With New IPO Millionaires
Within five years, Atlasa expects no one-bedroom condos under $1 million in San Francisco, and single-family homes up to $5 million.
Read article (opens in a new tab)Business InsiderSan Francisco could be home to thousands of new millionaires by the end of 2019, and it’s sparking a ‘housing madness’ in the already wildly expensive city
Deniz Kahramaner predicted the end of sub-$1 million one-bedrooms in San Francisco within five years, with single-family homes reaching $5 million.
Read article (opens in a new tab)The New York TimesWhen Uber and Airbnb Go Public, San Francisco Will Drown in Millionaires
Ahead of the 2019 IPO wave, Deniz Kahramaner forecast what thousands of new millionaires would mean for San Francisco housing.
Read article (opens in a new tab)The Wall Street JournalThe IPO Millionaires Are Coming!
Atlasa estimated 4,600 tech workers would be ready to make all-cash offers on $1 million to $5 million homes, more than supply could absorb.
Read moreGizmodoUpcoming Tech IPOs Will Mint Hundreds of Overnight Millionaires and Silicon Valley Vultures Are Licking Their Chops
“Are we going to see a one-bedroom condo worth less than $1 million in five years? Probably not,” Deniz Kahramaner told a room of investors.
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