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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 07/03/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. nurtur.group continues growth with Brief Your Market acquisition Technology provider, nurtur.group has announced today its acquisition of Brief Your Market, a multi-award-winning business and provider of effective multi-channel marketing and data services to the property sector. Jon Cooke, CEO of nurtur.group, says: “This latest acquisition continues the…
Andrew Stanton
WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 04/03/2022
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X Valocity partners with Frabrick to speed European mortgage market lending OnTheMarket CEO Jason Tebb turns around its fortunes Sanctions a reminder to estate agents to review risk assessment procedures nurtur.group Accelerator Programme inundated with innovator applicants Valocity partners with Frabrick…
Andrew Stanton
BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 03/03/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. nurtur.group Accelerator Programme inundated with innovator applicants As many readers will know, I hold several roles in the proptech and property space, from the CEO of Proptech-PR – a proptech consultancy for Proptech founders looking to grow and exit – to an executive editor at Estate Agency Networking,…
Andrew Stanton
BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 02/03/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Sanctions a reminder to estate agents to review risk assessment procedures Recent sanctions against Russia serve as a reminder to estate agents that they must ensure they are going through the process of reviewing all client identity information. If the potential buyer is from…
Andrew Stanton
£126.5m profits for Foxtons Estate Agents
The team at Foxton Estate Agents, and certainly share holders and those in for bonuses, will rejoice in the 35% revenue increase from 2020 figures. Thanks to the increase of London property (rental) activity following the government relaxing of their rules for coronavirus. Included in the figures will also be the letting portfolio of Douglas…
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BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 01/03/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Inventory Hive: Proptech should demonstrate agent value and not bypass it Utilising property technology has come of age. Why? Well, organisations are beginning to take centre stage, espousing the ways proptech solves problems in all verticals of real estate. Foremost is the need to…
Andrew Stanton
BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 28/02/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Valocity Partners With Fabrick To Speed European Mortgage Market Lending Fabrick and Valocity have agreed to a commercial tie-up, bringing Valocity’s Australasian-based property valuation solution to Europe. The solution, which has already powered over $1 trillion worth of lending decisions, will now be available to…
Andrew Stanton
WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 25/02/2022
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X Knight Frank invests in Proptech Futures via Fifth Wall More property info needed for sales & lets by the end of May As Howsy runs out of cash, what lessons can be learned? Findingaplace exceeds crowdfunding target, raising over £310,000…
Andrew Stanton
BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 24/02/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Findingaplace exceeds crowdfunding target, raising over £310,000 As well as helping property technology founders grow and sell their SMEs, and helping companies in property-adjacent sectors with digital transformation, I also invest in start-ups. Recently, I was on a call with a founder of a…
Andrew Stanton
How to increase qualified leads: Estate Agency
Ever the holy grail for any business let alone estate agency, where is the next lead going to come from and how are you going about finding it? In estate agency, qualified leads equals those looking to buy or to sell and are in a position to do so. What is an unqualified lead? Cannot…
Christopher Walkey
BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 23/02/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Gove’s Levelling Up Plan Falters Over Landlord Cladding Remediation Crisis Currently, Michael Gove is looking to push through Building Safety legislation on leasehold properties that are defective, thought to be numbering around 800,000. On the surface, tackling the remediation issues caused by cladding is a noble…
Andrew Stanton
BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 22/02/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. More property info needed for sales & lets by the end of May In a bid to speed up the average 28-week process of taking a property to sale and completion, there is to be a new, less-opaque regulatory compulsion for those selling or…
Andrew Stanton
BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 21/02/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Knight Frank Invests In Proptech Futures Via Fifth Wall Knight Frank, together with a cohort of other real estate luminaries, is putting cash into Fifth Wall’s coffers to invest in Proptech SMEs looking to put forth innovative solutions for the real estate sector. Fifth…
Andrew Stanton
£2.6 million to help Hong Kongers settle in the UK
“Hong Kongers coming to the United Kingdom on a bespoke immigration route will be helped to settle successfully into life here through community projects being awarded over £2.6 million of government funding today (10 February 2022).” source gov.uk A positive incentive for those from Hong Kong (and their families) to take up their option for…
Christopher Walkey
Biggest ever monthly price jump sets new record high as movers fear missing out
Price of property coming to market rises by 2.3% this month (+£7,785) to a record of £348,804, the biggest monthly jump in pounds recorded by Rightmove in more than twenty years: Prices are now 9.5% higher than a year ago, the highest annual rate of growth since September 2014 There are signs that both buyers…
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