The Agent Blog - Goodlord | Referencing (5)

Mar 8, 2021

Business

GDPR

Referencing

How digital-first referencing helps ensure GDPR compliance

Referencing is a data-heavy process, gathering a lot of personal information for applicants. Using a digital-first referencing company, such as Vouch, helps to mitigate the risk of any GDPR compliance issues - as Beau Findlay, Software Development Lead at Vouch, explains.

Feb 17, 2021

Customer experience

Tenants

Referencing

Pets

4 ways to help your landlords find the best tenants in the current lettings market

Tenant housing priorities have shifted as a result of Covid-19 - though demand is still high - which means that letting agents who rethink the way they position their properties could help their landlords find and retain the best tenants in the current market.

Jan 27, 2021

Covid-19

Business

Referencing

How Covid-19 has accelerated the digital evolution of referencing

The pandemic has exposed a number of shortcomings in traditional lettings industry processes, not least in referencing, with many agents now demanding more. Simon Tillyer of Vouch shares his view on how referencing has progressed in the past year.

Dec 1, 2020

Business

Referencing

Time saving

Why referencing is more important than ever before

Vouch’s Jaime Tillyer shares her insights and expertise on tenant referencing, and why a robust service is more important than ever for letting agents and their landlords.

Oct 20, 2020

Goodlord Group

Technology

Referencing

Goodlord adds facial recognition technology as part of referencing revamp

Goodlord customers will now be able to use a bank-grade authentication service that uses facial recognition to match photos of applicants to the photo on their ID as part of its revamped referencing service.

Feb 27, 2019

Technology

Referencing

Open banking

Payments

What open banking could mean for the lettings industry [+ free fact sheet for tenants]

Open banking will give referencing providers near-instant access to more detailed information on tenants’ financial position than ever before and make paying by bank transfer as easy as paying by credit card.

Jan 9, 2019

Compliance

Technology

Referencing

Revenue

Viewings

5 predictions for the future of PropTech

What role will PropTech play for letting agents in 2019? We predict it could help with everything from referencing to compliance... and perhaps even see viewings go virtual.

Nov 14, 2018

Compliance

Suppliers

Technology

Referencing

Time saving

What is the key to an efficient pre-tenancy process?

Technology can transform the lettings experience for both tenants and landlords - while reducing the amount of manual administration for agents.

May 16, 2018

Tenants

Technology

Referencing

Tenant referencing and the failing user experience

Tenant referencing is inevitable for anyone looking to rent a new home, and typically immediately follows a stressful and frantic period of house hunting.