Technology
OnTheMarket founder Savills returns to Zoopla
All six original founders of challenger portal OnTheMarket are now back listing with ZPG
Home Views: the website ranking the best and worst developments in the UK
After receiving 8,000 user reviews across 800 schemes, 'the TripAdvisor of the property industry' has revealed its highest and lowest scoring resi developments...
Reuben brothers back modular homes specialist
Joseph Daniels' Project Etopia has the potential to make a big impact in the UK, according to the billionaire property tycoons
‘A completely new way of working’: JLL unveils ‘blueprint’ design for national office network
The global agency is looking to overhaul the way its employees work and engage with one another, which means fewer desks, a focus on health & wellbeing, and much more foliage...
The Value of Community: ‘Sustainable urbanism’ offers dividends for property developers & homeowners
Homes built on the principles of sustainable urbanism - with an emphasis on character and community - achieve higher residential development values and can maintain house price premiums, according to research…
Grosvenor partners with Silicon Valley tech platform to drive proptech innovation
Grosvenor Group is now working with California's Plug and Play platform "to source new digital technologies"
Zoopla goes searching for a new ad agency
ZPG confirms it is on the hunt for creative agencies to work on its flagship Zoopla and uSwitch brands
Energy efficiency charges up home-owners’ priorities
As the Government consults on mandatory EV chargepoints for new-build homes, Jackson-Stops asks home-owners about their energy priorities
Matterport recruits former Foxtons man as it ramps up European operations
3D mapping firm Matterport has been on a hiring spree as it expands across Europe; Nick Samuels has been brought on as Strategic Operational Director
LonRes launches off-market service with anonymous listings
New members-only service aims to "balance the need for discretion while reaching as wide a net of would-be buyers as possible"
Keller Williams partners with Purplebricks alumnus’ ‘Amazon for property’ start-up
Purplebricks alumnus Richard Jacques has launched a property investment marketplace that he calls an "Amazon for property", and signed a deal with franchised estate agency network Keller Williams
Proptech start-up promises ‘credible’ automatic valuations
Swirb offers free detailed property valuation reports to consumers, arguing that vendors "don’t only have to rely on the agents’ asking price or a bank's valuation"