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Why UK Property Online Real Estate Agents really do have billon pound start up potential Says GOOGLE

Many of the dinosaurs within the property industry, continually pour scorn, on the  growing success of online real estate business model, in particular , valuing the start ups . The unstoppable "consumer asteroid", that wiped out [their] primitive civilisation , has evolved into the sophisticated, cultural life form Online.   The remnants of a dinosaur skeleton,extinct and paraded as a historic curiosity of time , in a London Museum. BUT there's a genuine business buzz , with online real estate agents , I would go as far as to say Britain is at the forefront of this industry , including fin tech . The UK government's, recent full endorsement of the business model, was another nail in the coffin for the high street estate agent, business model. Research from Eurostat also showed,the the UK is the e commerce capital within europe. easyProperty.com 'Funeral' for High Street Estate Agencies  AND NOW GOOGLE ...

hostmaker.co/london/ bags £1.3M seed funding as Airbnb management Service

 hostmaker office environment It is hard to fathom that back in 2009 VCs were far from convinced that Airbnb was ever going to be a big enough business to pump venture into. Fast forward to 2015 and businesses are being created that effectively sit on top of Airbnb, meaning that the then tenacious startup is now arguably an ecosystem in its own right. London-based Hostmaker is one such business. It describes itself as an Airbnb hospitality management service, providing Airbnb hosts with housekeepers and concierge, as well as supporting them with things like pricing and marketing, including the listing of the property and providing professional photography. hostmaker story so far .. More broadly, the startup aims to solve the problem that for some Airbnb hosting has almost become a full time job and encompasses “listing your home and pricing it right to attract the right guest, coordinating housekeeping, washing linen, exchanging keys, maintenance issues etc.” ...