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![PropTech Today – PropTech shows Britain can still be a leader on the world stage](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
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
![Property Natter – will the challenger banks ever become major lenders?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
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
![How the 2021 consumer will impact the residential property industry](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-BusinessWoman-Communication-400x310.jpg)
The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...
09 October 2021
From: Features
![How using the right tech can help to transform an agency’s business](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
Tech, as has been shown more than ever during the pandemic, can be a wonderful thing – bringing people closer together,...
04 September 2021
From: Features
![High profile online agency founder splits from company](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the highest profile supporters of the online estate agency concept has quit the company he founded. Akshay Ruparelia, who is...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today – have we reached peak PropTech?](/img/default/eat.png)
In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: High end agency reveals key new investment](/img/default/eat.png)
Knight Frank is investing an undisclosed sum in a venture capital firm specialising in PropTech. The money is going into a European...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lee Rix - Head of Business Development AT PropCert](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lee Rix - Head of Business Development What is ‘company name’...
30 September 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![PropTech Today: start-ups win investor backing in changing world](/img/default/eat.png)
An overview of the global PropTech sector is often what I am asked to cover at conferences around the world. This generally...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![The government’s PropTech plans have the potential to be good news for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...
14 December 2019
From: Features
![PropTech Today: The government and its attitude towards PropTech](/img/default/eat.png)
It was in this very column, back in July, when I wrote about how the British government was starting to take...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Agents should capitalise on pivoting companies](/img/default/eat.png)
I want to take the time this week to talk about PropTech startups and how they can often be seen to...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Can €19 million disrupt an entire sector?](/img/default/eat.png)
News this week tells of Zehomes, the German property management company, raising €13 million in Series-A funding, bringing its all-time total...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – guide to property startups, Part 2](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter: a guide to property startups - Part 1](/img/default/eat.png)
All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...
15 June 2019
From: Features
![Property Natter - talking women in property, Brexit investment and PropTech](/img/default/eat.png)
In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...
01 June 2019
From: Features
![The evolution of tenant demands explored](/img/default/eat.png)
In today’s crowded property marketplace, the needs of tenants have changed. With a greater emphasis on quality of living, tenants are increasingly...
29 May 2019
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Do’s & don’ts of market transformation - CBRE, Avison Young](/img/default/eat.png)
My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about! Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Nationwide proves that collaboration is worth the risk](/img/default/eat.png)
Whether it is legacy providers with new, young businesses, or large banks with PropTech startups, all types of cross-collaboration are vital. It’s...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Major Purplebricks backer launches new PropTech start-up fund](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the largest investors in Purplebricks has now joined forces with an off-shoot of luxury car firm Porsche to launch...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: $200m investment for a storage firm – where is the potential?](/img/default/eat.png)
A couple of weeks ago, SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a whopping $200 million investment injection into Clutter, the US-based on-demand storage...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you? Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360 What is Giraffe360 and what does it do? Giraffe360 is a unique digital photography subscription service...
05 March 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![PropTech Today: Money for good behaviour? PropTech helping renters](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![PropTech Today: Christmas gifts for the PropTech obsessive](/img/default/eat.png)
For my final EAT contribution of 2018, I’ve put together a list of Christmas gifts that you could buy your PropTech-loving...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![New 'Residential Agent Zone’ to feature at 2019 FUTURE PropTech](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s to be the first-ever Residential Agent Zone at next year’s FUTURE PropTech event to be held on May 14. The zone will...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Would you like to meet the world's leading PropTech innovators?](/img/default/eat.png)
Propteq Global Property Technology and Innovation summit takes place in London on 26 - 27 Sep. 75 of the world's leading...
17 September 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![PropTech Today: So why is PropTech just like teenage sex?](/img/default/eat.png)
DISCLAIMER: The author of this article retains no responsibility for any reader discomfort experienced when recalling the seemingly endless horrors of...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![ZPG founder Alex Chesterman to step back from business](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group's founder and chief executive, Alex Chesterman, is to step back from day to day operations at the end...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: How can agents boost revenue with Open Banking?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![PropTech Today: Who wants £20,000 from government to develop a business?](/img/default/eat.png)
Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Three reasons why PropTech has become more than an industry buzzword](/img/default/eat.png)
Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...
09 June 2018
From: Features
![Property Natter – marketing magic, Mr T and GDPR fever](/img/default/eat.png)
Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...
02 June 2018
From: Features
![Which hybrid agents and PropTech firms made the top 100 startups list?](/img/default/eat.png)
Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: UK PropTech Awards 2018 - the winners](/img/default/eat.png)
There is a lull in my imminent flat sale. Just no activity at all, despite a price reduction! So, I am forced...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: MIPIM Startup Competition - meet the finalists](/img/default/eat.png)
Greetings from Cannes, where the sun is finally shining over MIPIM. I’m sure many of you are out here, too, and...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: These are the UK events you have to attend](/img/default/eat.png)
I have high expectations for this year’s PropTech events and property conferences. Those that I attended in 2017 demonstrated a real step...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![AI investment shows increasing importance of new tech for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
For a while now, property and technology have been combining seamlessly to offer the industry innovative solutions to often complex problems....
19 January 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Two UK online agencies in global list of top 50 to watch in 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
Two UK online estate agencies have been named in a list of the world’s top 50 real estate start-ups to watch...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: 14 industry leaders give their 2018 predictions](/img/default/eat.png)
Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Is the industry solving a non-existent problem?](/img/default/eat.png)
90% of PropTech’s work is good and vital, but that final ten has the potential to damage the rest. In my Sunday...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Trust - the fundamental flaw at the heart of tech-driven business](/img/default/eat.png)
Even if you didn’t watch it, you’ve almost certainly heard about it by now. The recent BBC Watchdog exposé of Purplebricks has...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![James Dearsley: The teenage angst of PropTech and traditionalists](/img/default/eat.png)
As Trussle and Placester add to 2017s bonkers tally of PropTech investment, isn’t it time we end the conflict between Tech...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![James Dearsley: A MIPIM startups update from Cannes](/img/default/eat.png)
This week I’m lucky enough to be out here in Cannes as a PropTech Ambassador for MIPIM, the international real estate...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![James Dearsley: Why agents need to look closely at this business model](/img/default/eat.png)
London based property management startup Airsorted has raised £1.5m in a funding round led by Concetric and the ever present PiLabs. What...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: five things we’ve learnt this year](/img/default/eat.png)
What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...
03 December 2016
From: Features
![Industry's top PropTech tweeters revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
As the PropTech industry continues to expand, with dedicated events and more innovative startups entering the world of UK property, online...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Online agency's £1m investment includes cash from Silicon Valley firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Settled, which was set up in 2015 and earlier this year announced it was hunting for an additional £1m in funding,...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Call for evidence: why technology needs to underpin house buying](/img/default/eat.png)
Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...
15 July 2016
From: Features
![Exclusive - FUTURE:PropTech conference 25% discount for EAT readers](/img/default/eat.png)
It almost goes without saying that PropTech is a hot topic these days - this year alone we’ve seen multi-million pound...