Housing providers collect lots of data – there can be more than 500 data points per property – but fragmented systems, low-quality data and an inability to integrate information all stand in the way of being able to realise the potential of this rich resource. Poor data and antiquated data systems that are no longer…
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Beating fuel poverty with Passivhaus
Fuel poverty is a serious challenge in rural England. More than one in eight households in rural villages, hamlets and isolated dwellings are in fuel poverty. The more rural a location gets, the more the fuel poverty gap widens. As rural homes are more likely to be off-gas, more have to rely on expensive electric…
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Better customer experience with conversational AI
Customer experience is everything to a brand and trumps product and price, with 89 per cent of companies competing on customer experience (according to Gartner). Buying behaviour has changed drastically, with buyers armed with more information up-front, comparing products and offers online. Aligned with technology advances, this shift in focus has forced companies to develop…
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As safe as houses?
Best practice for tenants’ data Merge in turn Two years ago, the Financial Times reported the merger of three housing providers, L&Q, Hyde Group and East Thames Housing, to form one of the largest housing providers in Europe. The new group employs 4,000 people, already owns 135,000 homes, and plans to build an additional 100,000…
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Going beyond a 360° customer view
Much has been written (and continues to be) about omni-channel customer services and digital transformation. High expectations have been raised around what digital transformation will deliver to an organisation in terms of improved efficiency and customer service. This is often linked to the purchase of a new IT platform or the creation of an all-encompassing…
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Proptech evolution in housing
‘Proptech’ is transforming business and housing organisations, delivering a greater variety of solutions to problems. An end-to-end tenancy management solution is available once all platforms and parties are pulled into one. Proptech management systems are developing from traditional to newer breeds of platforms and this article looks at how they vary and how certain software…
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