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It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...
06 August 2022
From: Features

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank agents can now donate to charity as they spend with a new company benefit. The agency brand has partnered with...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A former chairman of challenger bank Monzo has joined OneDome’s board. Tim Brooke Thom has been appointed as non-executive director of the challenger...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...
14 May 2022
From: Features

I’ve worked in financial crime for the past seven years, beginning my career as a white collar crime litigator in a law firm. I know that the...
04 December 2021
From: Features

The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Two prominent estate agencies are amongst those piloting a new financial product that allows aspiring buyers to purchase property with just...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A company says it will fund first time buyers’ bids to get on the property ladder by matching them with property...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...
30 July 2021
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Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...
05 June 2021
From: Features

Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...
29 May 2021
From: Features

Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

I want to talk to you about new ways to sell homes. Let's not encourage people to sell but just swap...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A new website that describes itself as an estate agency says it wants to “empower people to sell their own home”...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Tuesday of this week was the busiest day of the year so far for searches for mortgages - widely seen as...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Today is one month since the government lifted restrictions on agents and the housing market - and since that time the...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...
08 January 2020
From: Features

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...
29 June 2019
From: Features

We’ve reached the final instalment of my market transformation do’s and don’ts. In previous articles, we’ve looked at: Do encourage, don’t deter;...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has named a senior businesswoman as chair of its controversial remuneration committee which was at the centre of a row...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

In his keynote speech at the recent Negotiator Conference, Professor Andrew Baum sparked debate throughout the property industry. Baum’s speech, which began...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Since January 2018, nine of the UK’s biggest banks have allowed competitors direct access to customer data as part of the...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A ‘disruptor’ tech company claims that large numbers of people are dissastisfied with the conveyancing element of house moves, with many...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Trussle, which describes itself as the UK’s first online mortgage broker, has won £13.6m in financing from international investors led by...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is not quite finished with online experimentation yet, for today sees the launch of an online mortgage service, backed by...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Google, under the command of parent company, Alphabet, has set its sights on building the world’s first digital city, in Toronto,...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

On behalf of The University of Oxford, Professor Andrew Baum has overseen the compiling of an academic study of the PropTech...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

News was released this week of a new PropTech partnership: banking disrupter Revolut has joined up with mortgage brokerage, Trussle, to offer...
20 April 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been some really interesting talk recently of the relationship between FinTech (Finance Technology) and PropTech (Property Technology). A few...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The first week of February has seen some extraordinary goings on in the property sector, from which two stories particularly stand out...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Carpe diem, seize the day – whatever you call it, it’s something all of us in the property industry should be looking...
09 December 2016
From: Features

One of the key factors associated with an active private rental market in the UK, as detailed in the Dataloft PRS...