Monthly Archives: July 2016

Gaining Real Property Investment Insights

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As part of the evolving Prop Tech industry, platforms such as Insight Residential are creating wider access to more detailed due diligence metrics by means of  some 160 datasets located in one centralised hub.  We spoke to CEO Gavriel Merkado (@insight_resi) on how property investors will be able utilise the platform to engage in more effective market research and, to quote the company´s slogan, “see the market, before the market”: Can you give readers who are not aware an outline of what Insight Residential is? A common problem for property investors and developers is understanding the market and the potential of their property. Most people spend hours trying to build an accurate picture of what is going on in the market, and try to estimate the value of their property or project. Often times mistakes are made, data is slow to gather and can be inaccurate,... [Read More]

“Rentr” – Automating Your Property Lettings Business

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Staying in line with the raft of legislation and increased regulatory control governing the lettings sector often means that landlords use private lettings agents to manage the entire process. Fees for such services can range from 7-12% depending on the property´s location and the level of management required. An app that sets out to lower or even eliminates such overheads whilst ensuring that both smaller and larger landlords can offer a professional service without the associated headaches is always likely to appeal. This blog post contains an interview with Adam Blaxter Paliwala (@the_rentr_app) from Rentr: [Read More]

Allsop on Post-Brexit London Property Auctions

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With 33 boroughs across the capital (59.9%) voting to remain in the EU, the result has sent some jitters amongst London investors – particularly in light of the ensuing political and economic uncertainty. Nonetheless, whilst the true effects of Brexit are hard to frame at the time of writing, investors may well be able to find interesting opportunities amongst a more subdued marketplace, the likely continuation of low interest borrowing, the possibility of lower Corporation Tax and (possibly) a more favourable operational environment for landlords.  On this very topic we were very pleased to be able to interview Gary Murphy (@GaryCMurphy) from prominent auction house Allsop: In your view, what are likely to be the predominant post-referendum shocks to the London auction market over the remainder of 2016?    Our commercial auction sale on 5 July was the first large post-Brexit auction. Despite movements in other markets, it was... [Read More]