Purplebricks claims tech is playing increasing role in competitive differentiation and agents as landlords worry about fines and red tape.

Manchester-based MakeUrMove now calls itself a platform and says Covid is an opportunity to expand its business.

OpenBrix is set to make agents £125,000 a year on average for branches signing 40 tenancies a month, its CEO Adam Pigott claims.

OpenBricks says its unique networking technology will enable agents to vote democratically on every aspect of its operation including fee levels and marketing expenditure and will cost £100 a month per branch.

ARLA’s prediction that landlords will implement rent rises rather than pay the government-imposed additional costs of running their rental properties is already turning out to be true, it has been claimed. As…