Infotrack
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Uber: Over it?
With the mandatory deadlines for complete electronic settlement on the horizon in 2019, there is a lot of distance to cover between the milestones of paper – less paper – and ultimately, paperless transactions. The time and profit created by going paperless is a compelling benefit to real estate agents and business owners, yet according to an industry survey (commissioned…
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Are You Ready for Paper to Turn Off?
Remember when they turned off analogue TV? My nan was really upset about it at the time. “What’s wrong with how TV has always been?” was the main question, but beneath it was fear, deep-seated, that her routine of 5.30pm Wheel of Fortune would be ‘disrupted’. She resisted the change until the mandated switch to digital TV took effect and…
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From High Street to Cloud Street
While the feedback of disgust at the concept of using about 10 of these floppy disks for an end of month back-up was unfathomable, it did get me thinking about the time when the now archaic floppy disk was going to be the end of paper; a goal which has been achieved in many industries… but not in property. The…
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The Threat of Fraud Is The Real Fraud
In a recent industry survey conducted by InfoTrack, 40 per cent of real estate agent respondents reported concerns about fraudulent activity when using electronic and digital signature technology. The hyper-vigilance that seems to dissuade agents from digitising contracts doesn’t seem to apply to the same degree of scrutiny to good old-fashioned fraud. The survey indicated that only 2.17 per cent…
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