Technology
JLL makes a ‘significant’ global move on proptech development
Real estate firm launches JLL Spark to "identify and deliver new technology-driven real estate service offerings"
Rightmove 2.0: The future of property portals is… agency?
"The choices Rightmove make in the next 12-24 months could see it either fall away, or cement its position at the centre of the home selling process"
Airbnb checks out mansion market
Short-term rental giant looks to be plotting a new luxury offering...
LonRes opens up London’s new-build market with ResDev launch
New platform links developers and their new-build agents with high street estate agents and their applicants
Top US property portal stirs agents’ ire with ‘Instant Offer’ function
Zillow is trialling "technology assisted transactions" in two cities
ZPG posts record results as agents return to Zoopla
Revenue climbs by 22% with ZPG's property division performance "driven by portal win-backs"
How To Spec It: Finding the fit-out balance
Where does specification add real value in a prime resi scheme, and where does it amount to an unnecessary cost?
Mead’s Viewber closes ‘oversubscribed’ funding round
Outsourced viewing start-up raises more cash to fund growth plans
Savills-backed hybrid estate agency raises another £15m, led by Zoopla investor DMGT
YOPA has raised £31m in the last year, with investment coming from a scion of traditional agency and one of PropTech's top backers
Homeowner sues US portal over automated price estimate
Online realty giant Zillow accused of creating 'tremendous road block' to a sale
Land Registry to trial Bitcoin-style tech in ‘transformative’ digital push
150-year-old agency says the technology underlying the cryptocurrency could enable the ownership of property to be changed 'close to instantaneously'
‘Get ready for PropTech 3.0’: Why 2017 is the year that technology transforms the property industry
"2017 seems to mark a turning point. PropTech has been building such mass and momentum that it will change the world"