Owning a house is one of the biggest events in a person’s life. It’s no wonder then that a slew of startups have emerged in recent years with the goal of “streamlining” the home-buying process, or helping people more creatively fund their purchases or remodel their homes. Personally, I’ve covered the raises of no less than a dozen of said startups in 2019 alone. But the year’s not over yet, and this week, there was another big raise in the real estate space. Boston-based Hometap, which is less than two years old, raised a $100 million Series B to give people a way to borrow against the equity in their homes without taking out loans. Or as its name implies, it offers homeowners a way to “tap” into their home equity by taking on an investor in their property.