Technology
OnTheMarket.com: The first 100 days
Agents' Mutual's challenger property portal OnTheMarket.com has revealed some interesting stats about its first hundred days on the web.
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ZPG branches out with £160m uSwitch acquisition
Zoopla Property Group Plc has moved into the price comparison arena, acquiring the top home energy and communications player in the UK market, uSwitch, for £160m plus a performance-based earn-out of up …
Chestertons launches interactive historical house price tool
London estate agency Chestertons has created an interactive map that lets buyers and sellers check and compare how prices have moved each year from 1996
Veyo to Go: New conveyancing portal races out of the traps
It sounds like pretty much half the conveyancing firms in the country are already sold on the Law Society’s new portal, Veyo.
‘TripAdvisor for estate agency’ goes crowdfunding
Proptech impresario Mal McCallion has pulled back the curtain on his latest venture: a reviews site for UK sales and lettings agents
Government updates development appraisal tool
The Homes & Communities Agency's free development appraisal tool - a site specific cashflow spreadsheet that assesses the viability of a scheme - has been updated to a newer, shinier version.
Veyo sets out ‘extremely competitive’ pricing structure
Veyo, the Law Society's new one-stop conveyancing portal, has unveiled its pricing structure ahead of lift-off in a few weeks' time.
ONS publishes hyper-local house price stats 1995-2013
The ONS has published annual "House Price Statistics for Small Areas" (let's call them HPSSAs) for the very first time. The move is designed to make it that bit easier to drill down into local trends.
Black Brick launches Chinese website
Just in time to welcome in the Year of the Goat, Bruton Place-based buying agency Black Brick has unveiled a Chinese version of its website.
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Is online estate agency the new sliced bread?
...or just another feeble attempt to use the internet for something it was not designed for? Trevor Abrahmsohn cuts to the chase...
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OnTheMarket launch hits Zoopla where it hurts
In its first update since the launch of challenger portal OnTheMarket.com, Zoopla has reported a year-on-year drop of 11% in the number of branches advertising stock on its platform.
Mere Portals: On the week when Goliath met David on the internet
Last week's successful launch of OnTheMarket.com demonstrates to the big media groups that agents can do the job just as well, if not better, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...