Proptech

MagicPlan learns to Tango

Floorplan app MagicPlan, which was already an incredible piece of tech, just got better.

The current v4.0 experience still required you to stand in the middle of a room and mark out the corners and doors in the ‘augmented reality’ view on the phone’s screen…

The Wimbledon Greyhound stadium is dead. Long live @AFCWimbledon

Finally, Crystal Palace’s monopoly on football South of the River Thames will come to an end. As will greyhound racing and car boot fairs.

Realogy FWD Innovation Summit today

Take a peek at the start-ups being put through their paces at the Realogy sponsored event. Will report on the outcomes after.

My favourite is without a doubt Curb Call… ahem

The ‘Bottom Up’ economy comes to Rental Property with @Renthackr

The most valuable piece of information, that a tenant possesses, is their move out date. Usually they give it away for free and a lettings agent (leasing agent in the US) would monetise it by charging a landlord fees…

What Property Portals can learn from Priceline’s (owner of Booking.com and Kayak) offer to buy OpenTable for $2.6bn

Like the convergence of TV, mobile, phone and broadband, companies that book commodity flights and hotels have long looked for that…

Kangaroom, the spare room site quietly shaping up to be a worldbeater — @KangaroomHQ

If you’re going to build a new portal, start in a niche like spare rooms, aggregate stock from other sites like Spareroom and build up a loyal following.