Startups are bringing IoT and AI to real-estate

Imagine a home that sends you a text message if the gas pipe is leaking or when your fridge is out of milk. Imagine waking up to your go-to playlist streaming on your home music system automatically. Imagine zeroing in on a neighbourhood to buy a home and being able to look at price trends and your payment plans for them on your phone. As real-estate starts to incorporate Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), chatbots and blockchain, the buying, selling and actually living in homes promises to be more efficient, safer and better controlled. New tech start-ups are aiming to reduce tedious and time-consuming tasks that buyers and brokers did.