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Rightmove on up with more record figures
The looming launch of Agents' Mutual doesn't seem to be causing much performance anxiety at Rightmove Towers;
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. But how to effectively reach those Chinese HNWs?
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
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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.