The company, backed by high-flying Silicon Valley investors like Andreessen Horowitz, had promised it would reinvent the rent-to-own model and make it more consumer friendly. High interest rates and ...

Rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes is being acquired in a fire sale by Charleston, South Carolina-based Maymont Homes, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. Maymont, a division of ...

Helping renters achieve the American dream of homeownership wasn’t quite as profitable as the creators of Divvy Homes hoped. Now, the startup rent-to-own landlord with a portfolio of single-family ...

Divvy Homes is a technology-driven homeownership platform expanding access to owning a home by modernizing the rent-to-own experience. Designed for households that are mortgage-ready but need time to ...

Divvy Homes, once a high-flying rent-to-home startup, is in the process of being sold to a competitor. Maymont Homes, the build-to-rent arm of Brookfield Properties, is acquiring Divvy, Fast Company ...

Many proptech startups, born and funded during the low-interest-rate heydays, are in the throes of struggle. With investments into U.S.-based real estate startups falling from $11.1 billion in 2021 to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ilona writes about how tech & culture shape the future of money. Jan 24, 2025, 07:00am EST The proptech market is off to a ...