Housing Crisis | The Rise of Home Equity Investments, with Point Co-founder Eoin Matthews

Eoin Matthews is the Co-founder at Point, a home equity investment company making home equity wealth accessible to homeowners without creating a monthly debt obligation. Homeowners get upfront funds from Point in return for a portion of your home’s future appreciation. Point recently announced an oversubscribed $141M securitization, which marked it's second rated securitization and third overall, with its collaboration with Atalaya Capital Management. Eoin previously served as the VP of Business Development at Rakuten and has an extensive background in education.

(2:20) - Point's & Eoin's origin story
(5:43) - Potential HEI benefits for investors
(9:20) - Point's securitizations strategy
(11:42) - Capital stack evolution
(14:17) - M&A activity in Housing tech companies
(17:00) - Feature: Blueprint Vegas 2024
(17:54) - State of the Housing Market
(24:07) - Affordability of owning vs. renting a home
(29:47) - Underwriting Proptech in the current rate environment
(32:28) - Collaboration Superpower: Steve Wozniak (Apple Co-founder)

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