Durrant's time within the industry included a substantial stint as an estate agent before setting up his photography company.

No. 2 portal has confirmed to The Negotiator that Samantha Fletcher is now in charge of the portal's financial delivery.

Two high profile proptech firms in the PRS say one landlords faced attempted frauds totalling £130,000 over a four month period.

Portal has revealed the six agents who it has persuaded to help give Boomin better industry connections via their support and advice.

Although an interesting idea on paper, in reality most agents are against monetising property viewings using new platform.

ViewRabbit says it also wants to help agents earn income, weed out tyre kickers and prevent property viewing 'no shows'.

John Dobson says increasing sophistication among fraudsters and launderers means traditional electronic and paper methods are easy to swerve.

Portal says platform will give agents 15 minutes to respond to consumer valuation request before the lead is passed to a competitor.