*Unlocked* – What If An Algorithm Bought Your Home? - a podcast by This Machine Kills

{For this week we're unlocking a classic episode}

We talk about the absurdities of proptech – or the real estate technology sector – which is jam packed with out-of-control purchasing by house-flipping algorithms powered by automated valuation models that lead to balance sheets filled with liabilities and it’s all fuelled by way too much free-flowing capital. In other words, a classic recipe for disaster.The article we discuss:
••• House-flipping algorithms are coming to your neighborhood | Matthew Ponsford https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/13/1049227/house-flipping-algorithms-are-coming-to-your-neighborhood/Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills

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