An interview with @OpenRent, the start-up trying to automate lettings

Airbnb for student accommodation

**UPDATE: This article was originally written on 17 Jun 2014 as a resource of which start-ups are focusing on this ‘pitch’ and my take on how they can win. Over a year later, I’d like to explain why in a clearer manner. Enjoy**

Who is the best online lettings agent?

UPDATED 28 JANUARY 2016

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Let me start by saying there is no unimpeachable data on UK lettings, or any information on the performance of specific lettings agents (yet).

Proptech Weekly #59 — Why Purplebricks is the story that keeps on giving

MARCH 6, 2017 | RAYHAN RAFIQ OMAR

Purplebricks is the story that keeps on giving. Having wiped the floor with all other online agents in the UK, the firm has launched successfully…

Meet the most intelligent person in PropTech: Peter Thum-Bonanno of @FindProperly

Everyone and their Mum would like to launch a ‘better’ property portal. Many are trying. Even more have failed. None, bar Zoopla, have succeeded in competing with the might of Rightmove.

Property Detective Bridges the information gap — @propertydetect

Barry Bridges says the average person spends more time researching an eBay purchase than a property they are buying. He hopes to end this “utter lunacy” by making it easier to be informed, than not.

.@Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce on how to disrupt estate agents