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Jul 9
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UAE proptech Huspy raises $59M to scale ...

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If you walked into a Dubai bank to apply for a mortgage in 2020, chances are you’d spend months buried in paperwork or face a huge price discrepancy when it came to listings. Such experiences led Jad Antoun to start Huspy, a startup streamlining how people in the UAE buy homes digitally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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