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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JLL partners with artificial intelligence lab to launch ‘virtual assistant’ for tenants
Read how estate agency JLL has launched an artificial intelligence 'bot' or virtual assistant now being tested out at two managed blocks in the UK.
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Exclusive: AI chatbot that helps estate agents handle portal leads wins £500,000 backing
Read how a leading sales and letting agency in London has invested a significant sum into a new artificial intelligence based chatbot just for agents.
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Record £17 million crowdfunded by UK property start-ups so far this year
Read how UK property companies from a diverse range of sectors have crowdfunded some £17 million this year, almost five times last year's total.
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New surveyor finding platform takes industry out of ‘dark ages’
Newly launched SurveyorsNearMe.com is claiming to be the most innovative and comprehensive comparison platform for residential surveys.
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US blockchain sales platform Propy reveals first transaction in Europe
Californian company says it enables armchair investors to buy and sell property all over the world and is looking for UK 'ambassadors'.
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Fintech firm reveals it values properties based on sewer cocaine level data
Savills-backed Fintech firm Proportunity has said it uses data taken from cocaine level measurements in sewers to help it value homes.
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Former Savills associate launches P2P app that cuts out estate agents
A new peer-to-peer app on iPhones launched by a former Savills Associate will offer vendors and landlords direct access to tenants and buyers.
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Google property chief to address gathering of agents and proptech firms
A gathering of estate agents and proptech firms is hoping to reduce the amount of double data entering that so many agents have to complete.
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What next for this well-known former Reapit sales manager?
Former senior sales manager and industry figures Peter Fenwick has now launched himself as a proptech guru to sales and letting agents.
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Countrywide exec joins fintech firm backed by £10m new funding
Start-up Unmortgage backed with £10m is to offer home buyers a 'third way' to property ownership, helped by former Hamptons exec Johnny Morris.
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