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Bought yourself a HomePod yet Amidst talk that sales aren't doing too well, we've heard rumors about a cheaper version hitting the market, and today there's some extra information about that cut-price HomePod – it's going to come with Beats branding.
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Write comment (100 Comments)When young adults leave the parental nest, they often follow a predictable pattern. First, move in with roommates. Then graduate to a single or couplepad. After that comes the big purchase of a single-family home. A lawnmower might be next.
Looking at the new home construction industry, one would have good reason to presume those norms were holding steady. About two-thirds ofnew homes being builtin the U.S. this year are single-family dwellings, complete with tidy yards and plentiful parking.
In startup-land, however, the presumptions about where housing demand is going looks a bit different. Home sharing is on the rise, along with more temporary lease options, high-touch service and smaller spaces in sought-after urban locations.
Seeking roommates and venture capital
ACrunchbase Newsanalysis of residential-focused real estate startups uncovered a raft of companies with a shared and temporary housing focus that have raised funding in the past year or so.
This isn&t a U.S.-specific phenomenon. Funded shared and short-term housing startups are cropping up across the globe, from China to Europe to Southeast Asia. For this article, however, we&ll focus on U.S. startups. In the chart below, we feature several that have raised recent rounds.
Notice any commonalities Yes, the startups listed are all based in either New York or the San Francisco Bay Area, two metropolises associated with scarce, pricey housing. But while these two metro areas offer the bulk of startups& living spaces, they&re also operating in other cities, including Los Angeles, Seattle and Pittsburgh.
From white picket fences to high-rise partitions
The early developers of the U.S. suburban planned communities of the 1950s and 60s weren&t just selling houses. They were selling a vision of the American Dream, complete with quarter-acre lawns, dishwashers and spacious garages.
By the same token, todayshared housing startups are selling another vision. Itnot just about renting a room; italso about being part of a community, making friends and exploring a new city.
One of the slogans for HubHaus is &rent one of our rooms and find your tribe.& Founded less than three years ago, the company now manages about 80 houses in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, matching up roommates and planning group events.
Starcity pitches itself as an antidote to loneliness. &Social isolation is a growing epidemic—we solve this problem by bringing people together to create meaningful connections,& the company homepage states.
The San Francisco company also positions its model as a partial solution to housing shortages as it promotes high-density living. It claims to increase living capacity by three times the normal apartment building.
Costs and benefits
Shared housing startups are generally operating in the most expensive U.S. housing markets, so itdifficult to categorize their offerings as cheap. That said, the cost is typically lower than a private apartment.
Mostly, the aim seems to be providing something affordable for working professionals willing to accept a smaller private living space in exchange for a choice location, easy move-in and a ready-made social network.
At Starcity, residents pay $2,000 to $2,300 a month, all expenses included, depending on length of stay. At HomeShare, which converts two-bedroom luxury flats to three-bedrooms with partitions, monthly rents start at about $1,000 and go up for larger spaces.
Shared and temporary housing startups also purport to offer some savings through flexible-term leases, typically with minimum stays of one to three months. Plus, they&re typically furnished, with no need to set up Wi-Fi or pay power bills.
Looking ahead
While ittoo soon to pick winners in the latest crop of shared and temporary housing startups, itnot far-fetched to envision the broad market as one that could eventually attract much larger investment and valuations. After all, Airbnb has ascended to a $30 billion private market value for its marketplace of vacation and short-term rentals. And housing shortages in major cities indicate thereplenty of demand for non-Airbnb options.
While we&re focusing here on residential-focused startups, italso worth noting that the trend toward temporary, flexible, high-service models has already gained a lot of traction for commercial spaces. Highly funded startups in this niche includeIndustrious, a provider of flexible-term, high-end office spaces,Knotel, a provider of customized workplaces, andBreather, which provides meeting and work rooms on demand. Collectively, those three companies have raised about $300 million to date.
At first glance, it may seem shared housing startups are scaling up at an off time. The millennial generation (born roughly 1980 to 1994) can no longer be stereotyped as a massive band of young folks new to &adulting.& The average member of the generation is 28, and older millennials are mid-to-late thirties. Many even own lawnmowers.
No worries. Gen Z, the group born after 1995, is another huge generation. So even if millennials age out of shared housing, demographic forecasts indicate there will plenty of twenty-somethings to rent those partitioned-off rooms.
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Toronto is going to be the home to tonight's big fight where home country light-heavyweight hero Adonis Stevenson takes on Swedish Badou Jack.
Adonis 'Superman' Stevenson is set to defend his WBC title against the former super-middleweight titleholder, and below we've got all the details so you can live stream the action online.
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E3 2018 is just a matter of weeks away. Unless you're a gamer still clinging to the joys of your Atari 2600, you’ll probably have heard about the biggest show in the gaming calendar. Every June, the best and brightest talents in the industry descend on a heat-baked Los Angeles to showcase their digital wares to the world.
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Winter, spring, summer or autumn Take your pick in Milan's Four Seasons garden
Everyone has a favourite season but if you visited Milan last month, you could have experienced all four in one place.
The brainchild of Italian architect Carlo Ratti, the garden used
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