Technology
What will raise sustainability up the agenda for house values?
Annabel King explores how sustainability is currently influencing valuations, and discusses what she believes will drive change as the UK pursues its ‘net-zero carbon’ by 2050 goal...
Life Moves: How home buyer attitudes have evolved (& endured)
Commutability and community remain the key factors for home-buyers in the UK, says Strutt & Parker, after quizzing some 2,000 people about what they want from their next home and how they want to live…
New app promises to solve complex Stamp Duty calculations
"Compass" has been created by a team from Cornerstone Tax Advisors.
Zoopla buys software firm Yourkeys
The acquisition is the latest move in Zoopla's strategy to create a "software ecosystem" for the property industry.
Interview: Boomin founder Michael Bruce on his big plan to ‘reset the balance of power in the property industry’
The founder of Britain's most successful hybrid estate agency, Purplebricks, is about to launch his next big venture: taking on Rightmove and Zoopla with a new portal that's being billed as "the next generation…
Offr partners up with global software giants in bid to slash transaction times
Proptech start-up says its users will now be able to engage with their transactions on the go and exchange contracts ‘in a matter of seconds’.
Portal in a Storm: How Rightmove has performed over the last 12 months
Eight charts from Rightmove Plc's Annual Report illustrate how Britain's biggest property portal fared through the pandemic year.
Pi Labs brings on Emoov co-founder as US venture partner
Emoov co-founder and Emaar product chief Ivan Ramirez has teamed up with Faisal Butt's proptech investment firm.
Knight Frank backs Fifth Wall proptech fund
Knight Frank has decided to invest in American venture capital firm Fifth Wall's European Real Estate Technology Fund.
Khan launches centralised data hub to ‘open up’ London’s planning system
Rollout of new platform with details on all development proposals in the capital 'marks a major shift in openness and accountability'.
Law Society licenses proptech firm to provide up-front sales info
Gazeal says that pre-filled Protocol Forms can shave two weeks off transactions times...
Property and the evolving crypto dilemma
Blockchain and smart currency are still in their infancy in the property universe, writes Chris Dietz - and huge question marks remain over the implications of a wider rollout...