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.

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.

Going solo — the rise of single property marketing websites

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but in Real Estate, it’s in the eye of every service selling ‘single property websites’.

Improve your website with Large Agency Benchmarking (LABS) — a @Homeflow initiative for UK #estateagents

US Real Estate Services M&A — @InmanNews

This is a great summary of the US real estate services consolidation:

“Zillow buys Trulia and acquires smaller firms Postlets, HotPads, StreetEasy, Retsly, Mortech, Buyfolio and RentJuice. Realogy buys ZipRealty. Trulia buys Market…

The Rising Tide of Property Technology

Open Co are hosting a panel debate featuring CEOs from start-ups Locatable, Spacious and WeArePopup. The panel will be chaired by Juliette Morgan of Cushman Wakefield.

Will Agents’ Mutual members ditch Rightmove or Zoopla?

.@Zumper allows renters to allow for apartments in a Zapp

Using a mobile app, the rental property portal allows people to apply for apartments. There is an option to pay $10 to send a credit score with your application.

The Crowdlords phenomenon

Thanks to companies like Seedrs, Equity Crowdsourcing for investments is proving safe and easy to take part in.

And while gimmicks like ISAs (Individual Savings Accounts) have given bank savings accounts a liquidity boost, most people still shy away from the…