Posted 19.04.21
Sanctuary Housing: Further reading
Sanctuary Housing has found that more and more residents are securing properties with it through virtual viewings introduced because of the pandemic.
With face-to-face meetings having been restricted by national and regional lockdowns, prospective residents have instead been sent short video tours of the homes they're interested in renting.
This gives them the opportunity to view the property safely and in their own time, making the sign-up process much quicker.
Because there is no need for anyone to travel to view a property, some lettings have been secured by residents looking to relocate from other parts of the country.
People are able to view a property multiple times and also share the clips with friends and relatives.
Sanctuary has now created a Vimeo channel which allows it to share links for vacant properties with applicants.
In the past month, 83 properties were viewed around 1,000 times, averaging 12 views per property and this led to 49 of them being let.
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Updated 12.04.21
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Posted: 25.03.21
VerseOne: Further reading
In his blog, Executive Chairman at VerseOne Alan Neilson asks - Is the housing sector ready for Straight-through Processing (STP), as used in other sectors to successfully integrate disparate systems with each other?
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Posted: 28.03.21
Appello: Further reading
Appello, has published a new guide to the role of cloud solutions in Technology Enabled Care (TEC). 'Go further with cloud' sets out how, by hosting applications such as the monitoring centre in the cloud, and managing the data drawn from field technology in the cloud, the capabilities and possibilities for TEC expand exponentially.
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Posted: 07.04.21
MRI: Further reading
MRI software has hosted a series of breakfast briefings to bring together four leaders in social housing technology. In the first of these, they outlined the challenges facing the sector in relation to data and the pressing need for housing providers across the UK to adopt data-driven decision-making processes. This article provides a summary of the event.
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