Despite only just surviving Covid lockdown downturn, GuestReady says its recovered by targeting longer-term lets and benefitting from the 'staycation' phenomenon.

Both Crowdcube and Seedrs were used by investors to back the hybrid agency along with many other well-known proptech and online firms.

Parent company's success on the crowdfunding platform is, largely, down to drumming up 'pre-launch' investment interest prior to the launch at 1pm today.

Nu:move says it is profitable but wants additional funds to help it recruit more regional agents and fund a national advertising campaign.

Six-year-old online-only agency firm MyHomeGroup turns to crowdfunding to raise extra cash a year after winning a multi-million pound City investment.

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.

Agents will soon have a new competitor for students lets, but not on the high street or online. Instead, an entirely app-based lettings agency specifically for university students is about to launch…