Technology
MIPIM goes to America with PropTech Summit
Event takes place on 5th October in Manhattan
Playhouse Rock: Vintage-style home cinema wins top tech award
Winner of the 2016 CEDIA award for Best Home Cinema over £100k, the Cyberhomes team explain how they created this super-cool vintage-style screening room at a top central London address...
Agents deliver big profit boost for Rightmove
Revenue increased by a chunky 16% to hit £107.9m in the six months to the end of June
A falling market ‘could jumpstart online agencies with upmarket clients’
A downturn at the top end of the property market could be a boon for online estate agencies looking to target higher-value homes, argues Michelle Ricci of property research and analysis firm Propcision...
Californian firm buys London proptech outfit Virtual Walkthrough
Sold to US company Matterport in what both parties are calling "the first significant acquisition of a UK based proptech company"
Rescue Works: The terrifying cost of rectifying bad installations
Kevin Andrews has been tracking a worrying trend
Online agent debuts viewer identity verification tool
An online agency has claimed a world-first by rolling out an online viewer identity verification tool for its customers.
Mortgage lender recruits Engineering VP to scale up tech side of the business
Specialist mortgage lender Lendinvest has hired its first VP of Engineering to help "scale up the technology side of the business."
Mike Nuttall joins the firm from online printing company Moo.
Plentific raises £2m in funding
Proptech startup Plentific has raised a chunky £2m in funding from its latest round of investment.
Is this the ultimate man cave? Creating a subterranean space fit for a superhero
Briefed with the daunting task of delivering 'something that Tony Stark would be proud of', home automation firm Crestron and custom integration specialists Ultamation came up with an extraordinary creation…
Globrix co-founder secures big backing for ‘Google-style’ commercial portal
One of the founders of former News International-backed property portal Globrix (which merged with Zoopla in 2013) has made a big splash in the commercial sector.
Virtual Realty: Online estate agency comes of age – but is it a viable model?
Online estate agency is now mainstream, says Property Vision's Charlie Ellingworth as Savills and Countrywide make first forays into the virtual arena.