Vacation rental and short-term lease provider Airbnb just announced its official application program interface (API) to help developers create applications for millions of travelers and hosts. The API allows external applications to securely OAuth (Open Authorization) into new and existing Airbnb accounts, granting the ability
Real estate startup Loftium closed $2.5 million in financing led by DFJ. Founder's Co-op and NextView Ventures also participated in the offering. Loftium offers to help customers with down payments in exchange for renting an extra bedroom in their new houses for 12 to 36
Loftium is a new fintech product that provides down payments of up to $50,000 to homebuyers willing to shares revenue from Airbnb rentals in their new homes for 12 to 36 months. Participants agree to list a bedroom on Airbnb for all but eight “freebie”