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.
