BNP Parisbas and US proptech investment giant Fifth Wall have joined forces to begin backing UK and European early-stage firms.

Residential People says its new artificial intelligence-based service, to be launch in December, will be a game changer.

Michael Stoop has partnered with leading industry compliance figure Caroline Kenny to create a watertight resource for agents to use on their computers or on the go.

Group due to meet includes officials and representatives from estate agency, conveyancers, surveyors, lenders, portals and trading standards.

CEOs of two major estate agency companies say Covid is driving huge changes to the way estate agents work that can't be turned back.

Announcement follows decision by software giant VTUK to join three key rivals on the Coadjute platform, which enables agents, conveyancers, buyers and sellers to all see live information on transactions.

Offr says it's hired former Hamptons heavyweight Peter Everett to help build its business in the UK, which already has over 1,000 accounts signed up.

Franchised network group says SKIPA system will also cut out many of the labour-intensive chores agents face on a daily basis.