Last month, Realtor.com’s Chief Product Officer reported that “virtual tours are the number one most helpful technology feature when deciding on a new home according to home shoppers.” She further reported, “that listings with 3D tours have a significant amount of more views.”
Personally, I believe that the facts simply speak for themselves. Three out of four U.S. adults want the option to tour a home remotely. Homes with 3D Tours sell faster and for more money than homes without one. That data comes from the two largest real estate website services, Realtor.com and Zillow.
Matterport is Going Public (This is a summary of a report from Inman)
Matterport, the real estate industry’s top progenitor of 3D tours, is set to go public via a merger with Gores Holdings VI. The merger will give the combined company — which will be listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol “MTTR” — an enterprise value of approximately $2.3 billion and a total equity value of $2.9 billion.
The company says it has more than 10 billion square feet of space in its spatial data library, which it says is the largest in the world and growing. They also said it has digitized millions of buildings in more than 150 countries.
