Technology
Ritz-Carlton residences claim global-first with disinfected air
The luxury hotel group's forthcoming scheme in Amman is taking wellbeing to new levels by deploying UVC air conditioning disinfection technology throughout the rooms and residences.
Blockchain-based prime resi fund to launch in London
London Chelsea announces tie-up with digital securities platform SolidBlock
Government urged to consider stamp duty incentives for greener homes
Committee on Climate Change wants to see properties given a 'green MOT' to check energy and water efficiency, indoor air quality and flood resilience, with the scores made available to buyers.
How it feels to steer a proptech start-up through a crisis
2020 was going great guns for Tom Reiss and the AI assistant he created for rental agencies and property managers - until the world was turned upside down by a global pandemic;
Rightmove takes hit on membership numbers as agencies struggle with cash flow
The UK’s biggest portal has seen a 3.8% fall in its membership base since the start of the year - a loss of 620 agency branches and 135 new homes developments.
The £110m mega-deal that never was…
You can safely ignore the rogue price spike recorded in NW8 recently...
Eco-home developer partners with Samsung ‘to create the homes of the future’
Etopia has signed up to a strategic partnership with global tech giant Samsung to "set a benchmark for the integration of technology into the built environment."
LonRes inks tie-up with Matterport
Partnership will help agents ‘close more deals, more quickly to meet the market demand’, says B2B platform
OnTheMarket signs up more paying customers but braces for ‘short-term’ revenue hit
Portal now has 9,000 branches on paying contracts and has seen 'strong increases' in weekly new instructions, traffic and leads, but expects its bottom line to suffer from reduced ad spend and the cost…
Remote Control: Sandy Mitchell on launching design & build projects in the new era
As lockdown begins to ease and the property market re-opens so that buyers can finally move house, Sandy Mitchell of Redbook shares some discoveries made while running the consultancy business and advising…
Social distancing drives demand for remote property valuations
Zoopla reports that 98% of would-be vendors would now prefer a virtual market assessment to an estate agent's visit.
PropTech VC recruits research heavyweight
Pi Labs has brought in Andrew Saull from the University of Oxford Saïd Business School’s Future of Real Estate initiative.