Matt Gilpin, CEO at Sprift and proptech specialist to join the Member Executive Committee at Open Property Data Association (OPDA).
Joining their ranks, property data specialists, Sprift Technologies, has been confirmed as the latest company to join the member organisation and in doing so joins the other members who are committed to “delivering open data and technology standards across the industry”.
OPDA’s membership describe themselves as the heart of the discussions, initiatives, and policies that are shaping the future of property data and delivering a digital homebuying and mortgage journey. The Executive Committee members are committed to “influence industry best practice and advocate for open data principles that align with its commitment to data transparency and accuracy”. Maria Harris, Chair of OPDA, said:
“The progress we’ve made in the three short months since we launched is way beyond anything I expected. Announcing the quality and calibre of our executive committee members is testament to the desire and dedication across the industry to change the homebuying and mortgage process for the better.
Sprift are one of the most comprehensive and trusted property data providers in the market so I’m delighted to have them join our group and help us drive through the adoption and digital changes we need.”
Matt Gilpin, Sprift, said that he is “exceptionally pleased” to be joining the OPDA Membership Executive Committee. He continued:
“As a business, Sprift is very familiar with the benefits of Upfront Information (UFI) for both property professionals and consumers; we’ve been presenting the benefits of a detailed summary of a property’s characteristics since Sprift was founded over seven years ago and consequently, we’ve done a lot of the ‘heavy lifting’ and hard work around data aggregation and appending UPRN to make that data easily available.
Our extensive research already highlights that UFI shorten transaction times and also reduces fall through rates by 13.31%, based on our analysis of 1.2m listings across a 12-month period in 2022, so the benefits of adopting this approach as part of the residential transaction process are really clear. I’m very much looking forward to working with Maria and the other Executive Committee Members to bring about positive, real change for the benefit of the property industry and related sectors.”
