Property Partner’s real estate ‘stock exchange’ launched to the public in January 2015, and boasts over 8,000 investors, investing more than £35m across 234 properties in the UK.

The crowdfunder’s bidding engine allows the purchase of shares in individual or multiple properties and will allow users to see listed prices, prices people are willing to pay, and the prices properties have been sold for.

It will function like any other bidding feature, allowing buying and selling orders, as well as a 30-day trading history.

The purpose of the new feature is to make the process of trading shares easier and improve liquidity. The official launch date of the bidding feature has been set for September following a trial period with a small group of users.

Dan Gandesha, CEO of Property Partner, said: “We built Property Partner to make it easy for anyone to invest in property.

“A bidding function holds true to that vision by improving price discovery and liquidity – allowing users to enter and exit the market at the click of a button, with confidence.

“We also believe at Property Partner that we can make the property market fairer for everyone - and that means giving a voice to both buyers and sellers.

“Previously, our marketplace was more like an estate agent’s shop window than a trading floor. A marketplace should be driven by an expression of intention from both sides, and not just the sellers.

“After all, whatever the official valuation, a property is only worth what people are willing to pay for it.

“An exchange is a product for any market situation.

“Property Partner allows users the freedom to take their view on the market, and this bidding feature will allow the ‘bulls’ and the ‘bears’ of the property market to interact seamlessly for the first time.”