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

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

.@Rightmove research shows 40% of agents do not respond to viewing requests within 24 hours — @PropIndEye

Not exactly news, but certainly interesting to have the source of those viewing requests come out and give data on the performance of agents (their…

Can friendly neighbourhood @Redfin spin the web to save Real Estate

Buying real estate is the ultimate in consumerism

Will US Landlords see the light and @EnterCastle

They say big corporates worry about two guys in a garage usurping their business with innovation. For real estate, an industry with so little innovation, it could be 3 young guys in a Castle.

Can @OpenDoor score a Home Run for Keith Rabois?

This is probably the start-up that will make Real Estate Tech sexy.

The proposition is simple: OpenDoor will buy your home, at the press of a button, very quickly.