Technology
The world’s top ten most valuable property portals
The world's top ten property portal companies are worth a combined £18 billion, according to some new stats on the matter.
Broadband is now the “fourth utility”
Following up on Rightmove's introduction of a Broadband checker for every property listed on the portal, Strutt & Parker is arguing that broadband speed is now the "fourth utility" behind water, gas and…
Rightmove introduces broadband checker
Rightmove has added a broadband checker to its search arsenal
Bidding on a house? There’s an app for that
Savills has partnered up with Barclays to offer auction-goers even more impulsive ways to buy: just scan the QR thing from within the bank's Pingit app, and job done
Agents’ Mutual opens-up “non-binding” Silver Membership
Two weeks after announcing that it was "all systems go" for a planned launch in January 2015, challenger property portal Agents’ Mutual has launched two new membership levels - which require slightly l…
Case Study: Integrating high-end technology into a listed building
How do you kit out a Grade II listed property in Mayfair with oodles of cutting edge technology, without compromising the building or falling foul of ultra-sensitive planning restrictions? Here's how one…
Zoopla could announce floatation “within weeks”
It sounds like Zoopla is gearing up for its blockbusting floatation, which could value the purple portal somewhere north of the £1bn mark.
Google Glass gets a look in on property videos
Aston Chase has jumped on the techno-wagon, joining up with property video company VistaBee to produce a film of a £9m St John's Wood penthouse using Google Glass.
The Feeling’s Mutual: New portal takes aim at “stale marketplace”
Just when you thought it had all gone quiet on the new portal front, we've had word of another aspiring giant-killer entering the fray
Savills launches interactive prime property price map
Savills has launched a new interactive property price map of the UK by pointing out that house prices rose, on average, by 7% in 2013
Ho Ho Homes: Festive virtual househunting to hit all-time high
There won't be time to lose (badly) at Monopoly again this Christmas: it's all about househunting on shiny new gadgets, apparently
Agents’ Mutual hits “critical mass” in North-East
Agents Mutual is pulling out a regional sprint finish as the new property portal's Gold Membership deadline looms (seven days to go)