Jon Lindsay

I guess the corporate wheels turn slowly for the multi-branch agencies, while the smaller agencies are nimbler and can implement new ways of working quickly. Maybe a sign of the times?

Wise words Gillian. I’m also seeing the same in the North East.

It took Rightmove 10 years to ‘allow’ agents to embed YouTube and Vimeo video tours.

They promised VR/360 rollout in 2018 – https://thenegotiator.co.uk/rightmove-rolls-out-3d-virtual-tours-on-mobile-app-and-adds-tab-to-website/

Nothing has happened yet. Proptech? more like Lowtech.

Rightmove is holding this industry back.

FYI – A 3D Matterport scan can now be done on consumer cameras for £399 (Insta 360One X)

I do think the Estate Agency industry is a little confused about how to use technology within their businesses.

i.e from proptech being “the future” it’s now “it makes you lazy”

There appears to be an ethos among agents of always looking for “the next big thing” and when one agent gets ‘it’ (no matter how good or bad the technology is) the…[Read more]

Great post Alastair. It’s good to make it clear who owns the copyright.

Great to see OTM getting awareness but those ads are so cheesy and dated. You need to be bolder and more distinct Helen! Target the millennials, not the oldies!

I appreciate 3D is a generic term at this moment in time AND the purpose of an interesting article is visual marketing but it’s important to say Matterport and Eyespy are not 3D but monoscopic 360 tours. For example, If you watched the tours through an Oculus Rift headset they would not have a 3D stereo effect. To do this you need to film a…[Read more]

Hi – anyone got a link so I can see it in action?

Hi Nigel – any more news on this?