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Land Registry & ONS plan definitive UK House Price Index
It's taken a while, but it seems we may finally be on the verge of a single UK house price index, incorporating the ONS and Land Registry data
How to sharpen your Chinese social media strategy (video)
China is seen by many as the Great Wealth Reservoir, with vast untapped HNW markets just waiting to buy-up swathes of prime resi property in the UK
Land Registry data free for all
The Land Registry's historical Price Paid Data, listing over 17 million sale records, is now free for all
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