Digital platform management programme apropos goes live

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: New property management platform apropos, developed by UK letting Agent DJ Alexander, has launched. The platform hopes to take the experience of DJ Alexander’s letting agents and property managers into the digital realm. The application allows property owners to track and monitor their full rental portfolio online by using an online dashboard which shows […]
Women only vacation rental platform Golightly has launched

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: New vacation rental service Golightly is providing a women only platform for rentals and renters. The company was inspired by a poor experience CEO Victoria O’Connell had renting her London home on Airbnb in 2017. In the aftermath of her home’s burglary and poor treatment, she wondered how many other women felt unsafe letting […]
AirDNA partners with real estate data platform Cherre

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental data provider AirDNA has partnered with New York-based real estate data platform Cherre. Cherre will integrate AirDNA’s findings into its database, allowing New York real-estate investors to connect the short term rental market with possible investment decisions. AirDNA sales director Sarah Dupre said in the announcement: “Our partnership with Cherre puts AirDNA […]
Lavanda platform to counter subletting breaches

Reading Time: 2 minutesBritain: Start-up Lavanda is to launch Europe’s first short-term rental platform for private rental sector tenants to solve tenancy breaches from subletting. Lavanda Residential, a service set up by the London-based property management company, is the result of a strategic partnership agreed with industry experts JLL and global asset manager Aberdeen Standard Investments. Both tenants […]
Greek authority announces registry for short-term rental leases

Reading Time: 2 minutesGreece: The Greek Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has announced an electronic registry allowing property owners to lease their homes as short-term rentals online. From now on, Greek Airbnb hosts listing their homes on the site and other platforms must submit a short-term residence declaration for each tenant and enrol properties in a residential […]
Emaar launches online home-sharing platform in Dubai

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Emaar has launched an online platform dedicated specifically to home-sharing in Dubai. Ease by Emaar, which the website describes as a ‘hometel’, is based on a similar model to AirBnb, which provides a home-stay experience combining the home and hospitality services of a hotel. An Airbnb listing states that the team managing stay experiences […]