Portals Today
Property search engine Nestoria has announced that it is dropping GoogleMaps in favour of OpenStreetMap...
With both Digital and Zoopla embarking on their own expensive new marketing campaigns, aimed at stamping their respective brands into the British psyche, we wondered what had happened to their merger, announced last October 14 and designed to be a credible assault on Rightmove...
An agent with a one-office operation has been told by Rightmove to expect a 21% increase in charges next year...
Rightmove has this week given all properties on its site QR codes, in a massive vote of confidence for ‘barcode technology’...
Out-of-date property listings are to be kicked firmly into the long grass this week, Rightmove has announced...
Rightmove has put out an urgent alert to all their agents after a phishing email scam purporting to be from the site...
A new website listing unmodernised properties has launched, offering agents a free trial. As well as a search function – although it currently seems to have relatively few listings – it has news and features for those interested in unmodernised property, including an ‘Ask the Experts’ section, information on upcoming auctions and investment calculators...
Digital Property Group has launched a ‘Pro’ version of its market intelligence software, aimed at helping its website subscribers to win instructions...
A new estate agency comparison website is getting set to launch to consumers. It will also feed listings leads to agents – but only ones that have achieved high customer ratings...
Digital Property Group has launched upgrades to Insight and its Market Appraisal guide. The upgrades, which are now being rolled out, aim to improve branch performance by enabling estate agents to make the most of their inquiries...
Rightmove has launched a Facebook contest to give home sellers and their agents a helping hand in the current market...
Zoopla has been awarded the title of Innovative Business of the Year in this year’s Fast Growth Business Awards...
Zoopla has signed a strategic partnership with News International to exclusively power the property search for times...
Property portal Zoopla is claiming to be in second place behind Rightmove, after the latest data from independent website monitoring firm Nielsen...
Rightmove has launched a new version of its iPhone app, originally released in August 2009 and which has gone on to record over 1...
Rightmove has confirmed that its prices are to go up from this November, but said it can justify its price hikes...
An agent reacting to Rightmove’s latest increases has expressed his sympathy for the directors of Rightmove after two of its bosses sold shares at a huge profit, whilst saying that he may have to give up buying food...
A new property website has launched which will allow agents to share their stock and applicants. Comm Split launched last week, and is founded by former London estate agent Simeon Miighty...
Rightmove managing director Ed Williams has sold 300,000 shares in the company at £12.42, pocketing around £3...
The Digital websites, FindaProperty and Primelocation, are both benefiting from the latest marketing push, the company has claimed...
Rightmove is to bring back its TV advertising campaign launched in April, to feature in ad breaks during top-rating Downton Abbey...
Zoopla yesterday launched a new national TV advertising campaign – its biggest and most expensive to date...
Use of mobile platforms to view property listings has soared in the past year. According to comScore MobiLens, the number of people who used an app to view real estate listings grew by 63% to 780,000 from June 2010 to June 2011, with those using a mobile website to view real estate listings growing by 61% to 1...
Zoopla has signed an exclusive deal with local newspaper publishers Johnston Press, whereby it will power a new classified property platform for all 273 of Johnston’s local websites...
Digital Property Group, which owns FindaProperty and Primelocation, has recruited its 12,000th agency office, and says it is now just 19% short of Rightmove’s UK branch total...
Jon Notley, former sales director for Primelocation and FindaProperty, has jumped ship to join rival Zoopla...
Rightmove apologised to its 13,500 Facebook followers after posting a question on how house prices might be affected by the London riots...
Zoopla has announced the appointment of Lydia Goldberg to the role of product director. She has previously held roles at Trinity Mirror, Yahoo, BT and Yell...
Rightmove’s revenues shot up 20% in the first half of this year to £47m – of which an incredible £33...
Zoopla has launched ‘heatmaps’ on its site which show the average current value of homes across the UK in a geographic format...
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- David Pollock: Blog........
- Allagents starts to spill beans on Best and Worst 500 agents........
- Taxman suggests FTB uplift as sales levels rise........
- House buyer will get all money back if football club wins promotion........
- Central London stock levels dive 25% as buyers slug it out........
- Agent's website claim to be 'leading' unproven, says advertising watchdog........
- Sellers raise asking prices in biggest hike for ten years........
- Rightmove overtakes BBC in Top Ten portals list........
- Spicerhaart valuations firm goes into liquidation........
- House prices back to boom levels in only two places........
- LetMC is proud to provide software to Arun Estates........
- White Labelled Property Management ........
- Have old fashioned applicants disappeared?........
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