{"id":5023526,"date":"2019-04-16T09:37:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T08:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=5023526"},"modified":"2023-10-10T14:46:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T13:46:29","slug":"residents-in-birmingham-and-leeds-use-smart-home-technology-the-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/residents-in-birmingham-and-leeds-use-smart-home-technology-the-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents in Birmingham and Leeds use smart home technology the most"},"content":{"rendered":"

Based on residents\u2019 ownership of smart tech<\/span><\/b>nology<\/span><\/b>, Birmingham and Leeds are the \u201csmartest\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/b>home technology<\/span><\/b>\u00a0locations in the UK.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Online smartphone retailer e2save<\/span>\u00a0revealed research on people\u2019s perceptions of the newest smart home item<\/span>s<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0The retailer uncovered where residents own the most smart tec<\/span>hnology<\/span>\u00a0in their homes<\/span>, and Property Reporter analysed\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0data<\/span>\u00a0in a recent article<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Birmingham<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0first\u00a0<\/span>on the list<\/span>\u00a0with residents there\u00a0<\/span>owning<\/span>\u00a0the most smart technology in their homes<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>followed by\u00a0<\/span>Leeds<\/span><\/a>. Cornwall, Edinburgh, and Country Durham<\/span>\u00a0also made it in<\/span>\u00a0the top-5.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Joe Linnington<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>a mobile expert\u00a0<\/span>at e2save,\u00a0<\/span>stated:<\/span>\u00a0\u201cThe future of\u00a0<\/span>smart tech<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is very exciting and it\u2019s great to see how many people have already embraced smart devices to make their personal and home life a breeze.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

YouGov<\/span>, a public opinion and data company,<\/span>\u00a0recently released\u00a0<\/span>statistics<\/span>\u00a0showing that 66% of people believe technology impacts their life for the better<\/span>, so more homeowners, investors, and landlords are likely to adopt smart technology in their properties.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Smart technology<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u2013<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>a<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>lucrative investment<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

There<\/span>\u00a0are thousands of products on the market you can choose from to make your home or<\/span>\u00a0property<\/span>\u00a0\u201csmarter<\/span>\u201d.\u00a0<\/span>Additionally,\u00a0<\/span>increased<\/span>\u00a0competition\u00a0<\/span>has caused<\/span>\u00a0prices of these gadgets to come down, making it more affordable for a range of people to\u00a0<\/span>install<\/span>\u00a0into their homes.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being able to control\u00a0<\/span>a variety of aspects of your\u00a0<\/span>property<\/span>\u00a0at the touch of a button without even having to be there is no longer seen as a futuristic achievement.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Popular home<\/span>\u00a0technology\u00a0<\/span>includes being able to control<\/span>\u00a0door locks, heating, lighting, and alarm systems that are often operated from a smartphone or tablet. There<\/span>\u2019s even<\/span>\u00a0technology available to make homes more\u00a0<\/span>energy efficient<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Embracing smart technology<\/span><\/a>\u00a0can allow developers, investors, landlords, and homeowners to enhance offerings\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0their\u00a0<\/span>properties<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and can even raise<\/span>\u00a0their property\u00a0<\/span>values<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0Moving forward, it\u2019s likely tenants and homebuyers will\u00a0<\/span>look\u00a0<\/span>for smart home items to\u00a0<\/span>already<\/span>\u00a0be<\/span>\u00a0installed<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>properties<\/span>\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0<\/span>looking to rent<\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>buy<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Based on residents\u2019 ownership of smart technology, Birmingham and Leeds are the \u201csmartest\u201d\u00a0home technology\u00a0locations in the UK.\u00a0 Online smartphone retailer e2save\u00a0revealed research on people\u2019s perceptions of the newest smart home items.\u00a0The retailer uncovered where residents own the most smart technology\u00a0in their homes, and Property Reporter analysed\u00a0the\u00a0data\u00a0in a recent article.\u00a0 Birmingham\u00a0was\u00a0first\u00a0on the list\u00a0with residents there\u00a0owning\u00a0the most… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1982,"featured_media":22233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,40,6],"tags":[54,354],"class_list":["post-5023526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birmingham","category-leeds","category-uk-housing-market","tag-proptech","tag-smart-home-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1982"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5023526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6097609,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023526\/revisions\/6097609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5023526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5023526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5023526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}