Technology
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"
AskPorter raises another £1.5m
Three-year-old property management disrupter secures more VC backing
Chinese property portal & Asian real estate platform merge to create international new-build powerhouse
Juwai.com and IQI Global have merged to create 'Asia’s biggest proptech group specialised in global new development properties'
Amazon partners with US real estate brokers for a new home-buying platform
Realogy - which owns property brands including Century 21, Coldwell Banker and Sotheby's International Realty - has teamed up with online retail behemoth Amazon to drive buyer introductions
CBRE signs up to ‘deposit-free’ payment platform for private tenants
Payment technology firm flatfair allows tenants to pay a regular 'membership fee' rather than a lump sum deposit
Global real estate giants unite for massive $500m proptech investment fund
Venture capital firm Fifth Wall has assembled a remarkable consortium of 50 international property behemoths - including British Land, CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield - creating a half-a-billion dollar f…
From Social Fitness to HCL: Four key trends in super-prime renovation
Having worked on over 300 of the UK's finest residences, from mansions in Mayfair to sprawling Surrey seats, London Projects co-founders Nick Stuttard and Steve Howat tend to see which trends and features …
Software leader opens up property platform ‘to accelerate global PropTech innovation’
Reapit is inviting other PropTech firms to play with its estate agency software platform
Just six Local Authorities have moved land searches online
The Land Registry has been making strides along its "digital street" programme for some time, and this week marks a full year since the online Local Land Charges Register first went live.
Watch: How PropTech innovators are transforming the property sector
Here's a fascinating discussion on technology in the property sector, which took place during May's Future Proptech event
Zoopla ramps up exec team with six new hires
Former Microsoft and Photobox man David Wascha joins PropTech conglomerate Zoopla as Chief Product & Technology Officer; five other new hires come from Experian, Simply Business, Callcredit, Dyson, eBay …
Zoopla upgrades mobile app to ‘pave the way for future innovation’
60% of househunters start their property search on a mobile device, says the property portal