Who owns listing data? Right now, everyone but the property owner

In an age where real estate agents are looking to take on property portals, the property listing data is the most valuable commodity.

The Accidental Landlord @VicWhitlock goes gaga for @OpenRent’s ‘lettings elves’ — @standardnews

To say landlords are lazy and greedy would be a dramatic understatement. It’s partly due to how easy money is to come by once you have a property, but mostly due to an…

Using Open Data to map the future — an event hosted by @Landregistry and @Illustreets

Plotting anything on a map instantly makes it interesting.

Rentonomy’s famous ‘square’ map of London is particularly useful for displaying area-based…

How do you choose a Real Estate Agent? There’s an app for that.

There are two sides to every story. In this case:

1. How do I sell my home

2. Who is looking to sell their home

Love thy neighbour? Find out for sure on @Nextdoor

The dream for most start-ups is to get backing from the 800 pound gorilla that is local government. It’s sticky and usually entails people on the ground endorsing regular usage of your produce.

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Matt Ehrlichman of @Porch

Matt Ehrlichman is the founder of Porch, the fast-growing home improvements site taking on the dominance of Houzz and likely taking eyeballs away from Apartment Therapy.

Can @drewmeyer’s ‘stay with friends’ Horizon app be the new @Airbnb?

Former Zillow-er, Drew Meyers, is a very social person. He’s so passionate about bringing people together, that this is his second start-up to that effect. And it’s certainly an interesting one.

Ending the debate between Online vs High Street agents

1. Which provides more service: high street agents

2. Which is cheaper: online agents

3. Which gets the property owner a better price…