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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Alexa! Make my life easier!
Vesper Homes, which rejoices in being a ‘pioneering proptech London estate agent’, has developed an Alexa Skill to make life easier for landlords and tenants.
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Lettings proptech firm launches ‘TripAdvisor’ for landlords and tenants
A TripAdvisor-style reviews service that enables landlords and tenants to rate each other a month after the tenancy begins and again when it ends, has been launched. The online service has been created by proptech firm HomeRenter, a residential lettings platform that went live in November last year, backed by a homes developer and with support from a national and regional newspaper group. HomeRenter says it aims to use elements of the TripAdvisor and Airbnb models to “modernise” the private rental market, and says its research reveals that 81% of tenants and 88% of landlords would like to be able to rate each other. “In a connected world, consumers have become accustomed to being able to read ratings and reviews, from holiday lets to taxi rides, to inform all major purchase decisions,” says HomeRenter CEO Will Handley (pictured, above). “In the rental sector, this concept has scarcely landed. Choosing where to live is an incredibly important decision which no-one wants to get wrong.” On his site landlords can rate tenants on the punctuality of their rental payments, behaviour, how they treat the property and how quickly they report maintenance and repair issues. At the end of the tenancy, landlords can…
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Applying Artifi cial Intelligence to property search
A new model, cortexai, developed by Daniel Roy, uses Artificial Intelligence and more specifically Computer Vision to create property search results and alerts that are actually relevant to the mover...
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New partnership for OneDome and Yomdel
Proptech specialist OneDome and online live-chat service pioneer Yomdel have announced a strategic partnership to provide online solutions for estate agency websites.
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Agents join short-lets brigade
Lavanda, the ‘super short-term’ rental platform, has launched Lavanda AGENT, enabling estate agents to tap into the super short-term rental market...
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Exclusive: Leading online letting agent ditches up-front fees for its premium service
Online letting agent Upad has abandoned its up-front fees for landlords who use its most expensive service. Called ‘Pay On Success’, it replaces its ‘Complete’ service which landlords used to pay up front for but, unlike traditional agents, now pay for only when tenants begin referencing. “We appreciate that landlords don’t come in one size and that, therefore, we shouldn’t offer one single pricing package,” says James Davis, Upad’s CEO (pictured, below). The new service is essentially the same as the old one. For £399 including VAT landlords get tenancy compliance, a landlords’ club, personal property expert, tenant enquiry handling service, referencing, contract and payment management and photos. Its two more basic services called ‘Standard’ and ‘Essential’ continue to be paid for up-front by landlords. “We continually review our service to landlords,” says James Davis. “This ensures that the options we provide to them not only meet their current needs but exceed expectations and allow us to stand-out compared to traditional high street agents. “The launch of our ‘Pay On Success’ package is one such innovation and has already been very positively received. “Early performance data shows that this package is proving twice as popular as the ‘Complete’ offer it…
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Virtual tours speed the move
It takes eight minutes for house-hunters to make their mind up about a property, according to a study by Foxtons.
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Housesimple secures £20m in growth capital
HouseSimple.com has secured a further £20m growth capital as it plans to build on its success and challenge PurpleBricks as the UK’s leading online estate agency.
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Round Hill Capital invests in Canopy
Canopy, an InsureTech company claims to be ‘re-engineering the property rental market’, has received further investment from Round Hill Capital, the real estate investment and management firm.
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