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Written by rosalind renshaw

Propertylive.co.uk, the new portal from the National Federation of Property Professionals, finally went live yesterday (Wednesday), good news for the many member agents rooting for its success.

NFOPP chief executive Peter Bolton King said that it had been hoped to launch the portal over the weekend but a couple of glitches had forced the delay. Another glitch yesterday meant that the site failed almost immediately after going live, but was swiftly up and running again.

Bolton King was careful to control expectations, and asked his member agents to be patient over the next few weeks as work continued on uploading properties.

“Technically, we have an enormous task because I don’t think anyone else has tried to build a site so rapidly, with so many properties. We have 200,000 ready to go on.  I think we will start by loading 50,000 properties and build from there.”

Journalists had initially been specifically briefed that the site would go live just over a week ago at Agency Expo, but in the event there was merely a demo.

Meanwhile, another site, propertylive.me, has established itself online. However, Bolton King said that its existence had nothing at all to do with the delayed launch of the NFOPP site.

Propertylive.co.uk will be a free benefit to all members of NFOPP, including the NAEA and ARLA.

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    • 13 November 2008 07:25 AM
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    So much for propertylive. Type in "London" and you get "Londonthorpe - Lincolnshire", type in "Kent" and you get somewhere in Cumbria. Not that it matters much because there don't seem to be any properties in London or Kent when you do eventually work out how to get the search to work. A bit like Christopher Columbus - didn't know where he was going, didn't know where he was when he got there, didn't know where he had been when he got back

    • 23 October 2008 03:08 AM
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    Hi Trevor,
    Just visited the inea.co.uk website seems to be a slimming club? I dont think agents need a diet at present!

    • 22 October 2008 07:41 AM
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    "a couple of glitches had forced the delay", I can think of one glitch.
    Glitch 1). A completely dead market with sellers in denial, falsely believing their properties are worth double their true price.
    I wish you luck, you'll gonna need lots of it.

    • 22 October 2008 07:38 AM
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    How very nice to have a new website that costs nothing if you are a member of the assn.
    And of course the other sites we can use ......

    Now can we have some buyers ?

    Oh and also can THEY have some money ?

    And for my final wish can we also have some sellers who are prepared to work with and accept the current market conditions.

    I think its going from bad to worse......?

    • 22 October 2008 02:25 AM
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    The above story would suggest that the NAEA are a load of tweed-jacketed, toad-faced old plodders. Surely that cannot be the case?

    • 22 October 2008 12:53 PM
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    Ahh! Brightmove, there you are, we were beginning to think you had disappeared for ever. Thank goodness you're back.....

    • 22 October 2008 11:50 AM
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    Could Propertylive be the next Rightmove? It could be worth the wait!

    • 22 October 2008 11:20 AM
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    Agency is changing. The web is a wonderful thing. Each day we see a new property website, but theres SO MUCH MORE to good agency than a web front that does nothing more than provide a web front. Remember the good old days pre web when independents ruled and worked together. Subbing, mls (multi-listing) call it what you want, but its the way forward again. INEA is probably the most advanced UK mls out there and weve developed it over 2 1/2 years. Imagine, you add a property and its only shown as listed by the main agent not numerous times. Yet with our technology you can select share the listing, build your own templates and within minutes potentially know that your fellow agents can have your listing in their window in minutes. So tap in to INEA's 150+ members and offer your listings with like minded independent agents. Equally you can select other members group shared listings and offer them on your branding.

    Also all listings with 3 or more photo's now auto slide with light music to background, why not have a look just click "slide show"

    INEA empowers agents. www.inea.co.uk

    • 22 October 2008 11:02 AM
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    Just to clarify - the Agency Expo was to preview the new site for the agents, but you've got to love the press, getting the wrong end of the stick!

    • 22 October 2008 10:53 AM
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