Technology
Online-only is a “complete estate agency service” – ASA
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has decided that online estate agents do indeed offer a "complete estate agency service" - as claimed by hatched.co.uk but disputed by a high street rival..
Care to Share: Sustainable building Lessons platform goes live
A three-year project to create an online knowledge sharing platform for designers and builders of sustainable buildings has just been completed
ZPG rolls out new platform gizmos to Zoopla and Primelocation
Over the past few weeks Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has rolled out a bunch "significant improvements" to its platform, which powers Zoopla.co.uk and PrimeLocation.com
Measuring Up: Strutt & Parker goes the cubic route
Strutt & Parker has debuted its big idea in property measurement this week, pushing sales by volume over standard square footage
Portal Kombat: Another agent-owned property portal enters the fray
Would you believe it? After all the high-fives and backslapping following the announcement of Agents Mutual, another name-pending agent-owned portal is about to strap on some gloves and enter the ring…
Compare the Markets: Savills launches new interactive map
Savills has launched a swanky new interactive map of London to help buyers hone in on a particular area, measure it up against its neighbours and see where it's headed price-wise over the next five years
Agents lining up to back new property portal
Agents Mutual, the new agent-owned property portal that is aiming to take-on Rightmove and Zoopla, is going great guns, having recruited around 500 agents already
Land Registry opens up data
Number-crunching could be about to get a whole lot easier, with news that the Land Registry's House Price Index (HPI) tables are to be made available as open data from next month
Fashion Houses: Tudorvale launches luxury brand themed penthouses in Tech City
London property developer Tudorvale is launching two fashion-brand themed "uberprime" penthouses in its flagship Bezier scheme on City Road, EC1
Vizzihome shacks up with Zoopla
Zoopla Property Group has bought-up property data company Vizzihome for an as yet undisclosed sum..
Primelocation.com lords it up with cricket sponsorship deal
With a comprehensive drubbing of New Zealand in the bag and and a rip-roaring Ashes series in the offing, hopes are unnaturally high for some English success on the cricket field this summer
New agent-owned property portal to take on Rightmove and Zoopla
Some of the biggest names in estate agency have clubbed together to launch a new property portal to rival the incumbent giants, calling upon the wisdom of former Primelocation CEO Ian Springett to make…