Startup Predicts Housing Prices, Offers Downside Protection
- predicts areas desirable to purchase a house using a variety of signals
- in the event you buy in a suggested area, covers your downside risk, and gives you 80% of the upside profit (claims the funds deposited with a third party, at least up to like 20%) for 3 years.
- hedges using reits, builders
- hacker news discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20697449
- sf is one of the regions included
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