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![Report questions why property firms are slow to adapt to new technology](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyTechnology-1-400x310.jpg)
A reluctance by property firms to hire individuals to focus on innovation is leaving the sector behind when it comes to...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![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
![PropTech Today - why walled-off tech systems are no longer fit for purpose](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Are we ready for the PropTech metaverse?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...
08 June 2022
From: Features
![Changing Our Industry - PropTech group hold webinars on reform](/upload/images/library/PropTech-Toolshed-400x310.jpg)
PropTech supplier tmgroup is to hold a six-part webinar series called Achieving Change: Think tomorrow, act today. The webinars - from linked...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Five top portals to face Question Time with legendary agent Quirk](/upload/images/library/HousesQuestions-400x310.jpg)
Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why 2021 is the year agents should move away from being technologists](/img/default/eat.png)
Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...
30 January 2021
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Farewell – what we’ve learnt and where do we go next?](/img/default/eat.png)
I have written this column for over four years. I started writing it at a time when no-one really knew anything...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Five sessions from RE:Connect you need to watch](/img/default/eat.png)
The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Weak leadership threatens innovation](/img/default/eat.png)
After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Using technology to underpin your lettings division](/img/default/eat.png)
I remember so clearly in my Foxtons days, working as a lettings manager in Putney, that lettings, though less sexy than...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: ‘Don't blame us, we are not the problem - you are’](/img/default/eat.png)
I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: the challenge with iBuyers](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![PropTech Today - why do PropTech companies fail?](/img/default/eat.png)
I was giving an interview this week for an upcoming conference - yet another to convert from a physical to a...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Is there any such thing as a portal war?](/img/default/eat.png)
For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![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
![PropTech Today: why don't agents encourage people to swap not sell?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![PropTech Today: We need long-term visions, not short-term fixes](/img/default/eat.png)
With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Do we care that tech can now halve transaction times?](/img/default/eat.png)
Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Settled - people miss the point about failure](/img/default/eat.png)
I recently read the news about Settled closing its doors. As of 6.29am on Tuesday morning, the article had been read by 8,642...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: industry chiefs helping agents through tough times](/img/default/eat.png)
For complete transparency, I write this column first thing on a Tuesday morning and have done for a couple of years...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Agency mergers and new business models](/img/default/eat.png)
What an interesting few days it’s been. I don’t think the topic of this week’s column is doing anything good for our...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Why the Guild’s iBuyer move will be a struggle](/img/default/eat.png)
This week I fly to Spain to present at a conference called Immotechnia. I am opening the conference with a 45-minute...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: a new year, a new you - resolutions for 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
Yes, you can promise yourself that you won't eat all the mince pies, or yet another roast potato, nor drink as...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: A lesson about agents, technology and human contact](/img/default/eat.png)
Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Is property management real estate's most undervalued area?](/img/default/eat.png)
Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide and Rightmove chief invests in PropTech](/img/default/eat.png)
The founder of Rightmove and former Countrywide chief executive Harry Hill is one of a number of investors behind a new...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: What is the point of industry collaboration? It’s a risk, surely?](/img/default/eat.png)
I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...
09 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: Is PropTech about to burst?](/img/default/eat.png)
There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Are we hiring the wrong people?](/img/default/eat.png)
As real estate firms begin to execute their Q3 strategies and think more closely about Q4, there is one major question...
28 August 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
![PropTech Today: three holiday books and why you might want to ignore them](/img/default/eat.png)
This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Keller Williams proves transformation comes from the top](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams continues to drive culture, mentality, and process transformation by partnering with DocuSign to enable electronic signatures. It’s another lesson in...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Rightmove fails to understand first rule of innovation](/img/default/eat.png)
The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: now is the time to understand blockchain](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s London Tech Week, everybody! The sprawling city-wide event taking in dozens of conferences, events, workshops, panel debates and so on,...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Market disruption do’s, don’ts and value propositions](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![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: The second stupidest thing to do? Digitise the past](/img/default/eat.png)
By the time you read this article, I’ll be in Nigeria. My first ever visit to the continent of Africa. Sitting here...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Should agents build, buy, or partner? That is the question](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons and Quintain have both recently made an important decision about their technological innovation, the same decision must also be made...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Is PropTech ‘atrocious’ at marketing, or do we need to relax?](/img/default/eat.png)
An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...
13 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
![PropTech Today: Fatigue - should estate agents bother with technology?](/img/default/eat.png)
“Estate Agents must be suffering from supplier fatigue. Where do you even begin? Most agents haven’t got the time.” So started the...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: new platform to help agents find ‘best digital solutions’](/img/default/eat.png)
Today sees the launch of Unissu, a platform which has classified over 6,000 PropTech businesses in a bid to offer estate...