POTOMAC, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 24, 2025--
Curbio, the leading residential contracting specialist for home sellers and buyers, today joined Keller Williams Boston Northwest at the launch of their new home readiness solution, REFRESH. REPAIR. RENOVATE. As a Powered by Curbio ® affiliate, Keller Williams Boston Northwest is the latest real estate brokerage to offer its clients a convenient way to get their homes ready for market and move-in without having to manage projects.
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“Curbio is proud to provide Keller Williams Boston Northwest buyers and sellers a convenient option for making their homes move-in ready,” said Matthew Siegal, Curbio’s co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer. Siegal and Curbio’s senior Boston project manager joined over 130 Keller Williams Boston Northwest brokers and agents last Tuesday to celebrate the launch of the REFRESH. REPAIR. RENOVATE. service.
Curbio provides a full range of services, from minor repairs, staging, and refreshes to kitchens, baths, and complete makeovers. However, Curbio has built its reputation on providing unique features and services that typical contractors don’t offer. For example, to avoid delays, the company maintains a curated catalog of ready-to-ship materials, fixtures, and appliances in grades from builder to luxury. It also uses proprietary project management software to optimize contractor scheduling and minimize non-productive days.
"We are thrilled to offer Curbio residential contracting services as an option for our clients. Providing Curbio as a resource will make it easier and more convenient for our buyers to get their homes move-in ready and for our sellers to prepare their homes for the market,” said Chris Hill, operating principal of Keller Williams Boston Northwest. “This is one more way in which we can add value to the home buying and selling process for our clients."
Curbio created the concierge renovation concept in 2017 to help agents get their listings ready for market. The company makes homes move-in ready in dozens of U.S. markets and has served clients of thousands of agents from nearly every major brokerage, including Keller Williams, eXp, RE/MAX, HomeServices of America, The Real Brokerage, Coldwell Banker, and Century 21.
Real estate franchises and broker/owners can learn more about the Powered by Curbio ® affiliate program at curbio.com/partnerships, by calling Matt Siegal at (301) 241-9915, or by emailing partnerships@curbio.com.
Chris Hill, operating principal of Keller Williams Boston Northwest (l), and Matt Siegal, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Curbio (r), celebrate the launch of the brokerage's REFRESH. REPAIR. RENOVATE. service in Boston.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed tests of newly developed reconnaissance and attack drones this week and called for their increased production, state media said Thursday.
Kim has been emphasizing the development of drones, and the tests were the latest display of his country’s growing military capabilities.
Photos released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency showed Kim observing what appeared to be a large reconnaissance drone roughly resembling Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail airborne warning and control aircraft. Other images showed exploding drones crashing into military vehicles used as targets.
The agency said the test demonstrated the reconnaissance drone’s ability to track multiple targets and monitor troop movements on land and at sea, potentially enhancing North Korea’s intelligence-gathering operations and ability to neutralize enemy threats. The report said the new exploding drones are designed for various attack missions and feature unspecified artificial intelligence capabilities.
Kim expressed satisfaction with the drones’ performance and approved plans to expand production, emphasizing that drones and AI should be “top” priorities in efforts to advance his armed forces and adapt them to modern warfare, KCNA said. The agency said the tests took place as Kim visited a drone technology complex and an electronic warfare research group on Tuesday and Wednesday.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry didn’t immediately comment on the North Korean report.
Kim previously inspected other demonstrations of drones that explode on impact in November and August last year.
North Korea also last year accused South Korea of sending its own drones to drop anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets over the North’s capital of Pyongyang, and threatened to respond with force if such flights occur again. South Korea’s military refused to confirm whether or not the North’s claims were true.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have escalated recently as Kim continues to expand his military capabilities, which now includes various nuclear-capable weapons targeting South Korea and intercontinental ballistic missiles potentially capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.
Kim is also aligning with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine, sending troops and military equipment to support Russia’s efforts. This has raised concerns that he may receive Russian technology transfers in return, further strengthening the threat posed by his nuclear-armed military.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a report Thursday that it believes North Korea sent around 3,000 additional troops to Russia in January and February and has continued supplying ammunition, short-range missiles, self-propelled howitzers, and multiple rocket launchers. The Joint Chiefs assessed that, of the approximately 11,000 North Korean troops sent to fight in the war against Ukraine, around 4,000 have been killed or injured.
In this photo provided Thursday, March 27, 2025, by the North Korean government, a man in a military uniform films what is called an attack drone crashing into a prepared target at an undisclosed location in North Korea, earlier this week. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
In this photo provided Thursday, March 27, 2025, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center bottom, walks by what appeared to be a large reconnaissance drone at an undisclosed location in North Korea, earlier this week. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
In this photo provided Thursday, March 27, 2025, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center left in a black jacket, stands by what appeared to be a large reconnaissance drone at an undisclosed location in North Korea, earlier this week. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
