PropTech
Major players back call for Unique Property Reference Numbers
Over 50 influential property industry organisations - including Savills, Knight Frank, Countrywide and Foxtons - are calling for the introduction of Unique Property Reference Numbers
Forbes launches invitation-only international luxury property portal
Limited to 100 of the "most elite brokerage firms in select cities and second-home destinations across the globe", Forbes Global Properties is being led by Hilton & Hyland boss, Jeff Hyland, and former…
New property portal Boomin delays launch
Michal Bruce's challenger portal won't launch this month, as originally planned.
‘Property social network’ PropertyHeads buys veteran portal Mouseprice
PropertyHeads has made two acquisitions in the last few weeks, as it looks to "consolidate consumers, agents and property businesses onto a single social platform."
Law firm O’Neill Patient buys Conveyancing Alliance for £27m
ULS Technology Plc has offloaded broker platform Conveyancing Alliance as it continues its plan to "build a transformative digital platform to revolutionise home moving and ownership."
Reapit appoints a new CEO
Mark Armstrong will fill shoes left vacant by Gary Barker at the estate agency software firm.
Foster + Partners employs robot dog to monitor Battersea Power Station construction
An experimental robot has been roaming around the building site at Battersea Roof Gardens, checking up on construction progress for architects Foster + Partners.
Challenger property portal Boomin reveals fee structure
Michael Bruce's new property marketing venture will charge agents a combination of monthly "Base Fees" and "Performance Fees".
PropTech firm recruits HSBC digital chief
Jesper With-Fogstrup is to join ULS Technology Plc as CEO.
Foxtons among ten ‘founder member’ agencies of new property portal Boomin
Bruce brother's new venture names its first tranche of estate agency backers.
Zoopla partners with FocalAgent to offer free virtual viewings
Property portal is rolling out a pilot scheme that promises free virtual viewings on all listings, with paid-for upgrade features.
BNP Paribas & Fifth Wall team up for European proptech VC fund
Strutt & Parker's owner has teamed up with American investment giant Fifth Wall to back early-stage PropTech start-ups in the UK and Europe