Proptech
News focusing on new technological solutions which create efficiencies and cost-savings for estate and letting agents and the wider residential property industry.
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Proptech firm LeadPro buys rival ProVal for undisclosed sum
LeadProp CEO Sam Zawadzki says acquisitions will give his company a tranche of new agency clients and tech.
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Government backs property industry AML digital identity project with grant
Minister involved says Etive's project will enable smoother, cheaper and more secure home sales and help increase AML compliance.
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Lettings platform is latest proptech hoovered up by foreign tech giants
The London-based firm has been bought by a German tech firm for an undisclosed amount just five years after starting up.
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Latest proptech disrupter? Conference where visitors create the content!
Unissu founder James Dearsley says his unusual Re:Connect global proptech event is the only way to do conferences during Covid - andy maybe beyond?
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Senior proptech player jumps ship to online lettings agency Howsy
After three years at Flatfair as its Partnerships Manager Adam Ali has joined Howsy as its Sales Director.
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Open Banking tenant referencing backed by major estate agency group
Leaders Romans Group will now roll out The Lettings Hub's Open Banking service across its 160 branches.
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Street-wise software
Software supplier, Agent Software, which agents will know from their Spectre instruction generator tool, has launched a CRM package, called Street.co.uk. Street gives traditional agents all the tech that hybrid agencies like Purplebricks offer their customers and negotiators. It is tailored to both sales and lettings agents and enables vendors, buyers, landlords and tenants to interact with an agent directly online or via an app, while automating some aspects of an agent’s activities. They expect to be able to book viewings and valuations online. This includes enabling agents to capture portal email enquiries and turn them into booked viewings or valuations and any time of day or night. The CRM also tackles much of the other heavy-lifting agents face including managing viewings, delivering valuations, co-ordinating offers, managing sales and lettings applicants, organising enquiries, feedback, and diaries and even helping coordinate keys. Some of its other main features include giving landlords and vendors access to huge range of information about a sale or letting including offers. “I think we all know that a growing demographic expect to be able to book viewings and valuations online, 24-7, but the challenge in building technology to facilitate this is how to allow this…
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Bluesky thinking on aerial mapping
Aerial mapping company Bluesky is releasing its entire catalogue of geographically referenced oblique aerial images of UK cities via a new subscription-based streaming service.
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Rezi’s unique partnership to revolutionise ‘location’ for agents
Dezrez says its new Rezi partnership with What3words will make locating boards, entrances and local parking much quicker for suppliers and clients.
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How much do you owe me?
If you don't know how much mortgage commission is due to you, then a new app has been launched that enables agents to be given real-time information on all their mortgage referral leads...
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