Posts by Andrew Stanton
Breaking Property News 7/4/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. OpenBrix is building the infrastructure layer for the UK rental market A system designed to connect identity, compliance, payments, and deposits into a single, auditable lifecycle Thought leadership by Adam Pigott CEO tlyfe (Openbrix) Consumer-Centric Property Platform ‘What we have isn’t another property portal or a…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 1/4/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Winning the AI Era: A Playbook for UK Estate Agencies The AI-Driven Rewiring of UK Estate Agency Thought Leadership by Andrew Stanton CEO Proptech-PR Real estate has historically been conservative, fragmented, and inefficient. A surge of startups, is introducing automation, data-driven decision-making, and better customer experiences. This…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 31/3/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. 2026 Proptech innovation challenge launches The Urban Land Institute invites for entries from innovators in the built environment Press Release – London, UK – March 31, 2026 – The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe has called for entries in the 2026 PropTech Innovation Challenge (PIC), inviting…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 26/3/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Average house prices in England are 7.6 times the median average salary The house-price-to-salary ratios in England continue to see a gradual decline post Covid-19 spike Following today’s release of the ONS Housing Affordability in England and Wales: 2025 data confirming that median average…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 23/3/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Will Vistry Group UK’s largest new home developer go under? Has Greg Fitzgerald made all the wrong moves leaving developer on the brink? Vistry Group, under the leadership of Greg Fitzgerald, is facing challenges that go beyond a typical housing market downturn. What may appear…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 19/3/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Lichfields relocates to larger Edinburgh office amid team growth New double sized company premises speeds scale up of services provision Planning and development consultancy Lichfields has relocated its Edinburgh team to larger premises as the business continues to grow its presence in Scotland. Now located at Caledonian Exchange, the…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 18/3/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. It’s tempting to frame the Renters’ Rights Act as a huge tenant win but that’s not the full picture By Adam Pigott, CEO of tlyfe the tenant lifecycle app (Openbrix) ‘In six weeks the Renters’ Rights Act comes into force across England, representing the most…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 17/3/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. ‘Land brokerage is fundamentally a data game’ Ascendix Technologies based in Texas, run by managing partners Wes Snow and Todd Terry designed a bespoke service to deal with a very complicated problem Land brokerage. They realised that Land brokerage has always operated at the intersection of fragmented…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 9/3/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. The UK’s private rental market is undergoing a significant contraction Over the past three years, the sector has lost an estimated £79 billion in value, representing roughly 5.1% of the total rental housing market, as increasing taxation, higher borrowing costs and regulatory reforms push many landlords…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 2/3/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Rightmove’s CEO Johan Svanstrom … ‘is a man under pressure’ Rightmove’s ‘Unthinkable Event’ Thought Leadership by Mal McCallion CEO at ModelProp, guiding AI-driven growth in property. The #Rightmove CEO came out swinging on Friday when his company’s latest set of annual results, for 2025, showed that they…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 23/2/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. RO sees large ROI with CRE atford site sale Sale of 56 Clarendon Road Watford by RO Group to Strides Pharma UK RO Group is pleased to announce the successful sale of 56 Clarendon Road, Watford to Strides Pharma UK, the UK arm of global pharmaceutical…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 13/2/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. 96% of proptechs fail to get to series A funding – here is why Thought Leadership by Andrew Stanton, CEO Proptech-PR The proptech sector has never been short of ideas. From AI-driven valuations and digital conveyancing to smart buildings and tokenised real estate, innovation in property…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 12/2/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Something Big Is Happening – by Matt Shumer (AI is building the next AI) On February 9th Matt Shumer vocalised many of the thoughts that I hold regarding AI – Pandoras box is wide open ‘This is so important that I reproduce in…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 3/2/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Premium estate agency unveils ambitious plans to accelerate international expansion Fine & Country, the premium estate agency brand renowned for its distinctive marketing and high-end property expertise, has announced plans to significantly expand its international footprint as part of its long-term growth strategy. Over the past…
Read MoreBreaking Property News 29/1/26
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. How to turn an enterprise-grade CRM into a commercial real estate-focused workspace AscendixRE CRM: A Purpose-Built Platform for modern Commercial Real Estate teams As commercial real estate becomes increasingly data-driven, the limitations of generic CRM systems are becoming harder to ignore. Brokers, asset managers,…
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