Explained: E-Signatures for Estate Agencies
One of the main obstacles in a house buying/letting process is paperwork. As legalities and contracts are exchanged, the process of printing documents, scanning, revising, Read More
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Is inefficient mobile working damaging your estate agency?
TAPI telephone integration with AgentPro Link AgentPro to a full-service telephone system, with automated call tracking and logging on inbound and outbound calls. Never miss Read More
A Guide to Preparing for the Tenant Fee Ban
It has been officially announced that the Tenant Fee Ban will come into effect on June 1, 2019. In order to ensure you and your clients are as prepared as possible, here is a guide will act as a primer for both landlords and agents to help them prepare for the upcoming changes. Read More
PropTech platform with non-profit roots can help agencies fundraise
Automated lettings payment platform PayProp has revealed that despite its obvious commercial focus, the rapidly internationalising PropTech company comes from non-profit roots. PayProp’s sister company Read More
Communication is the key to staying on top of rent arrears
Rent arrears, which often feature in property repossession cases, can be kept under control with the effective use of communication and technology, according to PayProp. Read More
Letting agent fees ban enforcement – challenges and opportunities
As part of the government’s plans to enforce the upcoming ban on letting agent fees, a new lead enforcement authority will be established for the Read More
New CEO appointed at PropTech leader GoReport
Anthony Walker FRICS has been appointed chief executive officer at PropTech business GoReport, taking the reign as it continues to expand its portfolio of digital surveying Read More
Rising social media screening highlights need for good tenant referencing
The rising trend for landlords turning to social media to screen prospective renters shows the importance of good tenant referencing, according to PropTech startup RentalStep. Read More
UK’s ultimate property domain goes up for sale
The UK’s ultimate property domain property.co.uk is available to purchase, set to attract strong interest from online estate agents and portals. Also up for sale is realestate.co.uk, another Read More
What UK property professionals can learn from the Nordics
With a whole raft of digital advances not only creeping in to UK industry but actually permeating through the very core of business processes, Ville Read More
Barbon Insurance Group acquires tenant referencing platform Movem
Barbon Insurance Group has added the open banking data-powered tenant referencing platform Movem to its group of companies. The acquisition, which completed 12 September 2018 for an Read More
PropTech startup continues to innovate as part of government rent challenge
PropTech firm RentalStep is continuing to expand and improve its platform as part of round two of the Government’s Rent Recognition Challenge, which is taking Read More
95% of Property Professionals are positive about Proptech
It seems that property professionals now overwhelmingly regard proptech as an opportunity rather than a threat, as a new survey has revealed that 95% of Read More