Proptech firms partner to boost agency offerings

Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has partnered with Canopy to provide its RentPassport and RentTracking products.

Muuvo provides software for agents to help buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants with a utility switching service.

It also provides agents with a complete property profile that includes a property’s council tax band, a requirement to be disclosed under National Trading Standards’ recently announced focus on the provision of material information.

The Canopy partnership with give agents something extra to offer landlords and tenants. 

Canopy’s RentPassport enables the pre-qualification and reference checking of tenants in minutes and the results can be used by tenants as a “passport” to showcase their track record to agents and future landlords.

Canopy’s RentTracking lets a tenant report their rental payments to Experian, Equifax and Transunion to improve their credit history and credit score, this can help boost their chances of providing affordability if applying for a mortgage to purchase a property.

Jamie Parks, founder of Muuvo said: “We are delighted to announce our partnership with Canopy and that both RentPassport and RentTracking are now fully integrated within the Muuvo platform, enabling a ‘one stop’ secure and automated environment through which to transact.”

Chris Hutchinson, chief executive of Canopy said: “The vision and ambitions of both ourselves and Muuvo are completely aligned in seeking to improve the rental process for all parties – agents, landlords and tenants – we are doing this through technological innovation that makes everything simpler, faster and with a focus on beautiful user experiences. 

“We are delighted to be working with Jamie and the team.”