How Technology is Changing the Real Estate Industry

Frankfurt Inch by inch. The printhead with its light blue metallic edges moves forward quickly and relatively quietly on the heavy rail to place a concrete bead on a concrete bead. As if in the interval, a small taupe wall is created layer by layer, which gradually accumulates on the wall. The massive machine steadily follows the same lines over and over until a floor plan emerges from the concrete block, even to the common person’s eye.

What used to be a little key ring gimmick a few years ago has now reached the real estate industry: homes made with a 3D printer. The use of new technology has long been discontinued abroad or in the United States alone. The first typical homes can now be found in Germany.