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21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla gives Alto agents a new Marketplace product](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Alto unveils ‘much requested’ PropTech integration](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Zoopla’s Alto cloud-based software has announced a new integration with lettings PropTech supplier Canopy. This will enable tenant referencing to be permitted...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Portal launches ‘passport’ service for renters on the move](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_712767091.jpg)
OnTheMarket has completed a new integration with Canopy which it claims will provide valuable pre-qualified leads to letting agents. The latest integration...
16 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket webinar series presents suppliers to agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Portal_Agents-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket is to host a series of Meet Our Partners webinars to showcase suppliers with links to the portals. Since Jason Tebb...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants paying rent upfront have big advantage over rivals - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
A new assessment of the private rental sector by guarantor service Housing Hand suggests that tenants paying rent upfront have a...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Guarantor service links with Canopy to attract wider range of renters](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPuzzle-400x310.jpg)
Rental sector support companies Canopy and Housing Hand have announced a partnership. Housing Hand will serve as a rental guarantor for renters...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket links with Canopy to provide fee protection](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Sky-Hands-400x310.jpg)
OnTheMarket is launching a management fee protection product, developed with tenant referencing platform Canopy and insurance broker the Alan Boswell Group....
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket success includes lettings innovations - claim](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
OnTheMarket says its innovations with partnerships in the lettings sector have played a part in its successful growth. In the 12 months...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Credit Rating - Tenants have little understanding of how it works](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Internet-400x310.jpg)
Many private renters are misguided on what actually contributes to their credit score and thus may not be taking the correct...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech partnership promises win-win for agents](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyOnline-400x310.jpg)
A new PropTech link up pledges to be a win-win for agents, landlords and tenants. Muuvo, a platform which is free to...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![New flexible ‘lifetime deposit’ option launched by Zero Deposit](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageDepositImage-400x310.jpg)
Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit is launching a new option which it says gives tenants more flexibility to split the guarantee...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Enough! Voluntary lettings cap introduced by agency](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
A holiday lettings company says it’s the first in the industry to introduce a voluntary cap on the number of bookings...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket ‘has responded to agent concerns over lettings’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
The chief executive of OnTheMarket says recent changes to his portal demonstrate that he has taken on board agents’ calls for...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![It’s here - Lifetime Deposit concept launched ahead of government reform](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTechImage-400x310.jpg)
PropTech company Canopy is partnering with deposit funding firm Fronted to launch the concept of a lifetime deposit, which can be...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental payments platform reveals PropTech partnerships](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Calculator-PoundCoins-2019-400x310.jpg)
London-based lettings payment platform Yorlet has launched a new PropTech partnership with Canopy, TDS and Alan Boswell. The platform offers automated workflows,...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shock as lettings PropTech firm backs Labour call for rent freeze](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket extends free tenant referencing for some agents](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
OnTheMarket’s deal with a PropTech firm to provide free tenant referencing has been extended indefinitely for agents who pay the portal...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket reveals it’s put £350,000 into lettings PropTech firm](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
A commercial partnership between tenant referencing platform Canopy and property website OnTheMarket has involved an investment of some £350,000. The figure has...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket to provide agents with free tenancy referencing](/img/default/lat.png)
OnTheMarket has signed a 12 month exclusive commercial partnership with Canopy, the tenant referencing platform. The partnership will enable the portal to...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Right To Rent IDs made easier for agents, claims new PropTech service](/img/default/lat.png)
A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech supplier links with legal protection service](/img/default/lat.png)
PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![How can Open Banking benefit landlords and letting agents?](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...
05 November 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation
![PropTech platforms partner up to improve financial info for agents](/img/default/lat.png)
PropTech companies teclet and Canopy are forming a partnership to allow their services to be bought by agents on the one...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech platform secures £2m to develop ‘with agents in mind’](/img/default/lat.png)
Deposit alternative system and rental financial services platform Canopy has raised over £2m in a funding round that was oversubscribed within...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big regional agency chain signs up with deposit insurance provider](/img/default/lat.png)
Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![New EPC assessment guidance - Conquering Corona](/img/default/lat.png)
Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Suppliers and trade groups helping agents Conquering Corona](/img/default/lat.png)
Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Firm aiming to eliminate deposits by 2025 wins cash injection](/img/default/lat.png)
Canopy, a firm that says it wants to eliminate rental deposits in the next five years, has won a £50,000 cash...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm to scrap tenant screening costs for agents](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech firm says it is going to eliminate tenant screening costs by 2021 for lettings agents and landlords who use...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Open Banking allows deposit-free firm to screen overseas renters](/img/default/lat.png)
Rental platform Canopy, which allows tenants to rent without a deposit, has announced a new partnership which will allow agents and...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech deposit alternative and rental passport provider beefs up product](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency to offer no-deposit option to Build To Rent scheme tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Rettie & Co is the first agency north of the border to offer a no-deposit scheme to tenants - although it’s...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News
!['Agents must accommodate renters looking for deposit-free renting' - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
The chief commercial officer of PropTech startup Canopy says that letting agents and Build to Rent landlords need to accommodate the...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rent payments adding to creditworthiness: more progress announced](/img/default/lat.png)
The Rent Recognition Challenge, an initiative to use technology to help share renters' payment histories with lenders and credit reference agencies,...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Next phase of Rent Recognition Challenge revealed this week](/img/default/lat.png)
The next phase of the government’s Rent Recognition Challenge takes place this week, as six short-listed PropTech companies know which will...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![John Lewis partners with Canopy to help tenant employees](/img/default/lat.png)
John Lewis has announced details of a partnership with rental app Canopy to provide employees with the opportunity to have their rent payments...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another £1.4m of public funding for PropTech 'help tenants buy' projects](/img/default/lat.png)
The government says that later this year it will allocate a further £1.4m to PropTech firms looking at how tenants’ rent...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Sub-letting scandal as three head tenants rent out house to 35 men](/img/default/lat.png)
Three head tenants who sub-let a three bedroom house to 35 men have been hit with over £23,000 in fines. Gheorghe-Valentin Lingurar...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide lettings agency to trial no-deposit rentals in four offices](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide’s Hamptons International is to work with a PropTech firm to try out a no-deposit lettings scheme in four of its offices. Hamptons’...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Insurer Direct Line invests in deposit-alternative start-up](/img/default/lat.png)
The insurance group Direct Line says it is taking a 15 per cent equity stake in Canopy, an ‘alternative deposit’ company. Canopy...