Backed with recent investment and several big industry figures joining its ranks, OpenBrix has now hired former Countrywide finance chief Adrienne Clarke.

Proptech Group, which is based in Oz but operates in the UK, has been provisionally sold to MRI for £52 million pending stock exchange approval.

Online estate agency Doorsteps has gone into liquidation as market conditions falter further.

Flyp says it will help vendors sell homes for more and deliver agents sales leads and prevent fall-throughs and sluggish sales.

Lettings guru Christopher Watkin has caused a storm on LinkedIn when he wondered aloud whether Rightmove could become more than a portal.

Swede Johan Svanström will take over formally in March next year from Peter Brooks-Johnson following his decision to step down.

Hammock, which was one of the inaugural firms to get cash and mentoring via Propertymark's REACH programme, has partnered with SAGE.

Harry Panter says his Housr app offers both students and letting agents a better way to manage the specific challenges of student tenancies.