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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Movebubble uses Quintain cash to set up shop in Manchester
Company behind smartphone-based tenant app says new city launch is part of proptech firm's plans to go national in the near future.
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‘How much is my home worth, Alexa?’ Hunters launches first valuation tool using Amazon tech
Potential vendors can now ask Hunters to value their home using the voice recognition kit, which uses Hometrack data.
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Foxtons reveals two new tech innovations despite ‘difficult’ trading
London agency has launched Fixflo-style tenancy issues tracker and now offers My Foxtons users first dibs on properties before Rightmove and Zoopla.
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AFS connects to students
Accommodation for Students (AFS) has launched a new automated feed service for agents and landlords with large property portfolios...
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Hunters opens up to proptech lettings platform Teclet
Estate agency's 191 franchised branches are to be offered the lettings automation service following a pilot at Hunters' 11 directly-owned offices.
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Proptech manages super homes
Bold and Reeves, a London property management company, has dedicated employees who happily respond to their clients at any time – day or night.
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Pi Labs’ latest proptech startups
Pi Labs, a proptech VC, launched its seventh pre-seed growth programme after searching for the world’s most promising proptech startups.
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Virtual reality tours with Braemore
Braemore Sales & Lettings has launched 360 Virtual Reality Video Tours for all property sale listings, enabling house hunters to view properties on tablets, computers or smartphones.
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Student lettings platform Resooma launches bills splitting service
Formerly called University Cribs, the lettings company is moving into utility bills and fintech with its latest product.
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How do they do it? Online lettings platform offers £35-a-month ‘premium’ service
Rental proptech platform RentalStep has launched a ‘premium’ property management service for landlords priced at just £35 a month including listings on Rightmove and Zoopla. The figure is surprising given that one proptech entrepreneur recently told The Negotiator that it costs approximately £30 per rental listing on Rightmove. Therefore, ‘nearly-free’ services like OpenRent and RentalStep are making almost no profit from charging landlords to use their service, and are betting on up-selling additional services such as gas safety checks, rental collection and property management. RentalStep’s new ‘premium’ service is in addition to the company’s existing but more basic package, which offers free referencing and tenancy contracts and a one-off tenant finding fee of £20. Lettings Fees Liverpool-based RentalStep says it offers ‘unlimited’ advertising on the two portals within its new service, and says its premium service is a direct response to the tenant fees ban. “Landlords only have five months until their management fees could start to rise as agents look to offset the costs of the ban,” says Rental Step founder Mike Georgeson (pictured, above). “What’s more, over the next few months some tenants may delay moving as they consider the impact of Brexit while waiting until they no…
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