Proptech

Proptech Weekly #60 — Fantasy Proptech M&A #3: Helping Countrywide spend £38m

MARCH 13, 2017 | RAYHAN RAFIQ OMAR

Imagine a hypothetical scenario where the largest company in a sector undergoes a slow motion car crash in plain sight of their peers…

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…

Proptech Weekly #55 — Zoopla, Hometrack and property data porn

FEBRUARY 01, 2017 | Rayhan Rafiq-Omar

I’m no fan of Hometrack or Zoopla’s wildly off guesstimate of your home’s value. But you have to take your hat off to Alex Chesterman for yet another share…

Proptech Weekly #53 — Are real estate agents AI safe?

JANUARY 11, 2017 | Rayhan Rafiq-Omar

Friends, Feudal Landlords, Commoners,

When Michael Bruce recently announced the results of his firm Purplebricks, much of the presentation focused on…

Proptech Weekly #52 — 2016's Top Proptech stories, companies and people

JANUARY 03, 2017 | Rayhan Rafiq-Omar

Friends, Feudal Landlords, Commoners,

It used to be the property people who were resistant to change.

Proptech Weekly #51 — A Vacuum of leadership

DECEMBER 14, 2016 | Rayhan Rafiq-Omar

Yesterday Brandon Webber, the New York based founder of Hightower, took to a London stage to talk about his firm’s merger with VTS and his view of the future of innovation in the property…

Proptech Weekly #50 — The Ghosts of Estate Agents Past, Present and Future

DECEMBER 07, 2016 | Rayhan Rafiq-Omar

Friends, Feudal Landlords, Commoners,