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Breaking Property News – 19/12/23
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. tlyfe offers Rent-Ready applicant tenants to agents for free, so everybody wins tlyfe is the revolutionary Tenant Lifecycle App designed to redefine the rental experience. At tlyfe, they understand the challenges that both tenants and agents face in the rental market. That’s why they…

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Wrexham is 2023’s busiest rental market with 56 enquiries per property
Wrexham in Wales is this year’s busiest rental location, with available rental properties in the area receiving 56 enquiries on average from prospective tenants in 2023, up from eight enquiries back in 2019 Redbridge in London is second on the list with an average of 49 enquiries per available rental property, and Tameside in Greater…

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Breaking Property News – 18/12/23
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Wes Snow CEO of Ascendix explains the importance of social media for property professionals Having helped companies grow for over twenty-five years the CEO of Ascendix Wes Snow & his co-founder Todd Terry have a huge amount of experience about what does and does not work….

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Breaking Property News – 15/12/23
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Paul Starkey – Reflections on what good looks like in Agency & Agency Technology from the man in the know For those who do not know Paul Starkey, maybe it is time that you should, I have in the past years asked Paul as an…

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Breaking Property News – 14/12/23
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. InventoryBase Connect why a Centralised Platform for the modern estate agent is essential Steve Rad, CEO and Co-founder of InventorBase gives some thought leadership advice on where the real estate industry is going and how to navigate it. Full disclosure and I am sure…

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Breaking Property News – 13/12/23
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Propflo secures £860k to develop ‘Retrofit-as-a-Service’ for mortgage industry PRESS RELEASE Bristol, December 2023. Propflo, an AI property platform, has been awarded over £860,000 by Innovate UK to further develop advanced data-driven portfolio approach to net zero and scale its ‘Retrofit-as-a-Service’ solution for lenders, intermediaries and…

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Boxing Day Bounce: New properties to market triple since pre-pandemic
New Rightmove analysis ahead of the festive period reveals that the number of homes being listed by estate agents on Boxing Day has nearly tripled (+173%) since pre-pandemic 2019 Last year, a record number of new sellers came to market on Boxing Day, 46% higher than 2021 Sellers who list on Boxing Day are in…

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Average 5 year fixed mortgage rate drops from 6.11% at peak to 5.07% – Rightmove’s weekly mortgage tracker
Matt Smith, Rightmove’s mortgage expert said: “No news is often good news when it comes to the mortgage market, and yet another week – the 20th in a row – of marginal percentage point drops is positive news for home-movers. Swap rates have also remained steady this week, but fell further on the back of…

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Breaking Property News – 12/12/23
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Purplebricks.2 now sells your home for free – but at what cost to the backers? PRESS RELEASE Solihull, 12 December 2023 – Purplebricks, the UK’s most popular estate agency1, will disrupt the housing market by allowing customers to sell their homes for free as part of a…

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Breaking Property News – 11/12/23
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Paul Starkey – Reflections on what good looks like in Agency & Agency Technology from the man in the know For those who do not know Paul Starkey, maybe it is time that you should, I have in the past years asked Paul as an…

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Rightmove House Price Index: Signs of family movers returning as market stabilises
Average new seller asking prices drop by 1.9% (-£6,966) this month to £355,177. Prices usually fall in December due to seasonal factors, but this month’s drop is bigger than the previous 20-year average of 1.5% as sellers get more competitive The 2023 market was more resilient than many predicted as it continued its slow transition…

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Breaking Property News – 07/12/23
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Blend of short-tail and long-tail lead generation strategies is crucial for estate agents In the ever-evolving estate agency sector, the game-changing role of digital marketing is more evident than ever. Recognising the significance of a well-rounded approach, today’s estate agents are urged to embrace…

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Rightmove’s weekly mortgage tracker – 06/12/23
The average 5-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.11%, down from 5.36% a year ago The average 2-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.52%, down from 5.61% a year ago The average 85% LTV 5-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.20%, down from 5.37% a year ago The average 60% LTV 5-year fixed mortgage rate…

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Rightmove Happy at Home Index 2023: Richmond upon Thames named happiest place to live by residents
The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, followed by Winchester in Hampshire: It’s the first time a London location has topped Rightmove’s Happy at Home Index, now in its 12th year Monmouth in Wales takes third place, the first time an area from…

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Breaking Property News – 05/12/23
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Stafford Railway Building Society partners with climate and energy Proptech PropEco UK-based lender The Stafford Railway Building Society (SRBS) has partnered with leading climate-tech company PropEco, enhancing its ability to assess energy performance and anticipate the potential impacts of climate change across its mortgage portfolio. Through the partnership, PropEco will…

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