Technology
Control, Remote or Otherwise: How home automation is changing the balance of power
The latest automation systems aimed at the luxury property market are intuitive and beautifully designed
Zoopla cracks down on private vendors
ZPG has announced "clear guidelines" in an effort to rid its portals of private vendors and landlord aggregators.
Electric Dreams: Redrawing the role of CGI in architecture, development and design
Fresh from MSMR's triumph in the "Residential Visualisation" category at last week's SBID Awards, Sheila McCusker explains how computer generated imagery has evolved from a "nice-to-have" into an essential to…
Property portal traffic up 64% in 12 months
Zoopla, Rightmove and Primelocation totally eclipse all other UK property websites, according to independent web traffic monitoring firm Hitwise (commissioned by Zoopla).
Brand Slam: Zoopla catches up with Rightmove
Relatively young upstart Zoopla reckons it's neck and neck with Rightmove in the brand awareness stakes these days
Spicerhaart back Agents’ Mutual
The Spicerhaart Group has signed up its 190 resi sales and lettings branches to new 100% agent-owned portal Agents' Mutual, joining the likes of Savills, Knight Frank, Chesterton Humberts, Douglas & Gordon,…
Legal Ease: “Game-changing” conveyancing portal boots up for launch
The Law Society's "game-changing" paper-free conveyancing portal is gearing up for launch, with testing due to begin in early 2014
NFoPP backs Agents’ Mutual; closes PropertyLive portal
The National Federation of Property Professionals (NFoPP) has just announced that it is shutting down its PropertyLive property portal and "will give its exclusive support to the new property portal to…
Property portals limber up
It's all going on at the various property portals: As Agents' Mutual confirms it's launch plans for next year, Countrywide Plc has signed a five year deal with Rightmove, and Zoopla has climbed into bed…
New portal gears up for UK launch
A new property portal is preparing for a UK-wide roll out tomorrow, aiming to address "disquiet" amongst estate and letting agents.
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Strutt goes for mobile website over app
Strutt & Parker has decided not to create an iPhone app, and has instead launched a new mobile version of its website - m.struttandparker.com - to tap into the growing mobile property search market
Former Sotheby’s boss launches no sale-no fee portal
The former MD of Sotheby's has unveiled a pretty interesting-sounding concept; a results-driven portal focusing specifically on high-end international property developments.