The word "curated" gets used a lot in real-estate marketing. It often means very little. This is what it means at Onora.
What a listing has been checked against before it goes live
Every project on the platform has been passed through a fixed document checklist before approval. The checklist is the same for every developer; we don't grade harder on smaller players or softer on bigger ones.
The seven items we verify:
- Developer entity — registered company with a verifiable filing history in the country where the project sits. We pull the registration directly from the relevant business registry (Spain's Registro Mercantil, Portugal's Registo Comercial, etc.).
- Title deeds — the developer holds, or has a binding option on, the parcel the project is built on. Notarial copy on file.
- Building permits — issued and current. Project-stage-appropriate (planning permit for off-plan, occupancy permit for ready).
- Architectural documentation — at minimum: site plan, floor plans, façade, technical specifications.
- Identity verification — for the natural persons signing on behalf of the developer entity, on file with us.
- Bank reference — basic confirmation that the developer's funding source for the project is in place.
- Reference projects — at least one prior completed project we can independently verify.
Listings without all seven items don't appear on the platform. There is no "but they're a great developer and we trust them" exception.
What we don't do
This part matters more than the checklist.
- We don't verify financial projections. If a developer's marketing material says "expected return X%", that's the developer's claim, not ours. We don't repeat it on the platform, and the listing card never carries a yield number.
- We don't endorse projects. Passing the checklist is necessary for listing — not a recommendation.
- We don't introduce buyers and sellers behind the scenes and take a cut. Onora charges developers a one-time listing fee at publication. There is no commission on closed deals. There is no broker arrangement.
- We don't give advice. Not financial, not legal, not tax. Every introduction we facilitate is an introduction — what happens next is between the buyer, the seller, and their respective advisors.
What "curated" therefore means
It means: we have done a baseline of work so you don't have to repeat it, but we have not done your due diligence for you. The checklist filters out projects that should not be in front of investors. It does not tell you whether a particular project is right for you.
That second judgment — whether a project fits your situation, your risk tolerance, your tax position, your liquidity needs — stays where it belongs. With you, and with the advisors you choose.