Technology
Zoopla rounds-off 2012 by absorbing Globrix
Zoopla's buying spree continued right to the end of 2012, with the DPG-merged group snapping up Globrix.com from A&N Media for an undisclosed sum over Christmas
Portal Authority: Leeming joins Belvoir
Property portal pioneer Nick Leeming has joined Belvoir Lettings as the company's second Non-Executive Director (NED), after leaving Zoopla earlier this year (as reported by PrimeResi here).
PropertyWeek’s Top 100 Tweeters
Clever old PropertyWeek has put together a comprehensive rundown of the top tweeps in the property universe. Cue some cross-referencing with Henry Pryor's (more resi-centric) uberlist here
Blog standards: nominations open for property blog awards
Nominations for the fourth annual PrimeLocation.com Property Blog Awards have just opened, celebrating wordsmithery across the property blogosphere
Record month for Zoopla Group
Zoopla Property Group has released its first performance figures as a fully integrated platform; unsurprisingly, they're the biggest yet.
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@HenryPryor’s Top Tweeters
The busiest man on Twitter, Henry Pryor (@henrypryor), has been hard at work compiling a list of the top (or at least most active) property agent Tweeters
New rental index launches for investors
Institutional and professional investors will from today be able to track detailed rental pricing trends with the help of a new index, compiled in conjunction with an economist from the LSE.
PCL growth to 9.9% this year, but slowing
Prime central London prices continue to reach new heights, according to Knight Frank's latest residential property market report, climbing by 0.5% in August , taking the annual rise to 9
Super-prime market enjoys a vintage year
The £10m+ market has had a cracking year, with prices rising 9.4% in the 12 months to August according to Knight Frank's Super-Prime London Report.
Top 12: estate agency websites
With over 80 per cent of property searches starting online, your digital shop front needs to be in order if you are going to attract a buyer with the attention span of a gnat on Fanta
Right shed Fred?
Well yes, according to the 100% Design public on-line voters and event judges who chose the Tetra Shed as the Cool Wall 2011 Competition winner.
What’s Weibo? China’s Twitter offers opportunities for UK luxury property
A new social media marketing service has been launched that claims to help luxury brands reach affluent Chinese consumers directly using China’s insanely popular version of Twitter, Weibo.