WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 30/06/2023

A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X

 

Openbrix Launches Tlyfe App

OpenBrix, a leading proptech company, is thrilled to announce the official launch of its ground-breaking Tenant Lifecycle App, tlyfe. This innovative mobile application, now available on both the App Store and Google Play Store, revolutionizes the way tenants manage the entire lifecycle of their tenancy, providing a seamless and convenient experience like never before.

Tlyfe is the first of its kind app designed specifically to empower tenants by offering an array of exceptional features. With tlyfe, tenants can now take control of their rental journey right from their smartphones, saving time, streamlining processes, and ensuring peace of mind throughout their tenancy.

Pre-qualification: Tenants can prequalify themselves to enhance their chances of securing their preferred property choice. By providing essential information upfront, tlyfe assists tenants in securing their ideal rental property efficiently, including elements such as Right-to-Rent, verified ID, affordability check and pre-qual references.

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Technology is the new fighting ground for estate agency says Guild

Full disclosure through my other company Proptech-PR ‘A consultancy for Proptech Founders’ I act as a NED for nurtur.accelerator, so I have a commercial connection with The Guild. The main reason that I got involved with The Guild is that they fully understand agents need to modernise, but the hardest part is how to handle that transition. The Guild supplies that roadmap, so their agents can continue doing the day job.

Having been an agent for over 30 years, retiring in 2017, I realise that if I traded today, the biggest risk to my business would not be competitor agents taking market share, but tech enabled agents winning the business that I should have. Without a solution to this, many agents will fall behind as the tech savvy generation which is the general public of 2023, want fast, efficient operations that deliver their property needs in all verticals of real estate.

These comments come from the latest episode of The Home Stretch podcast from The Guild of Property Professionals.

‘In the latest episode of The Home Stretch Podcast, Iain McKenzie, CEO of The Guild of Property Professionals is joined by Richard Combellack, Chief Commercial Officer at nurtur.group, to discuss the importance of technology, evolution and innovation in the property sector.

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Propertymark One Conference – ‘Raise your Game’

Nathan Emerson, Propertymark CEO, “Our conferences have grown substantially, and as the only body to represent all agents we are chomping at the bit to bring them together in one massive event. Those who join Propertymark are united in their desire to do an exceptional job.

Our labels represent different practices, but quite simply, we represent all agents who have a drive to be the best version of themselves and a hunger to succeed. We are unifying the best industry talent under one roof.”

The first Propertymark One Conference brings the experience of ARLA Propertymark Conference and Exhibition at Excel London, the pedigree of NAEA Propertymark National Conference, together with the specialist networking of the NAVA Propertymark Forum.

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Andrew Stanton Executive Editor – moving property and proptech forward. PropTech-X

Andrew Stanton

CEO & Founder Proptech-PR. Proptech Real Estate Influencer, Executive Editor of Estate Agent Networking. Leading PR consultancy in Proptech & Real Estate.

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