News Archive: internet property

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22, 2011 December:

Ripe for renovation: A new website is helping buyers track down wrecks

It's a key part of the estate agent lexicon, often deployed with euphemistic guile. Yes, "unmodernised" is a word that either makes you recoil or drool, conjuring forlorn wrecks on one hand or juicy "projects' on the other.

15, 2011 December:

OPP plans new Chinese site launch for 2012

The OPP group is working on the launch of a new Chinese B2B real estate portal called www.opp-cn.com designed, says OPP chief executive Xavier Wiggins, to help “reach an increasingly wealthy Chinese overseas property sector that is on track to buy $50 Billion of overseas property all around the world in 2012 alone.”

09, 2011 December:

Lloyds TSB launches expat school tool

Lloyds TSB International has launched an online tool for expat parents looking to weigh up prospective international schools around the world

20, 2011 October:

Phishing scammers raid real estate site

Online property listing website, realestate.com.au has been hit by a phishing scam, with scammers posing as landlords offering rental properties to try to obtain personal details.

20, 2011 May:

Warm weather, low prices lure buyers back to Europe

Interest in the far-reaching property markets of Australia, New Zealand and Canada has waned and property searchers have flocked back to Europe as the mercury rises in the northern hemisphere, notes the latest data from real estate portal Rightmove.

15, 2010 December:

App avoids download fees overseas

Smartphones need to be used sparingly when overseas if you want to avoid a big bill. But bill shock is not an issue with the mTrip Travel Guides apps because, once the app is downloaded, all features work offline...

16, 2010 November:

Eurobrix goes live in 17 European languages

Popular European property website Eurobrix.com has deployed its international property search into 17 European languages...

15, 2010 November:

Lead Galaxy to operate Homesgofast.com

Lead generation giant Lead Galaxy has taken over the operation of property search site, Homesgofast.com, in a deal set to create one of the largest international property website platforms in the world...

08, 2010 November:

Expat savers more at risk of internet fraud

Expat savers are more at risk of internet fraud than people living in the UK because they tend to do more online banking, it is believed...

01, 2010 November:

Google launches place search

Google has launched Place Search, a new feature which produces results based solely around locations, in a bid to make its search offering more 'local'...

31, 2010 October:

Fake travel reviewers to be named and shamed

People who post fake hotel reviews on TripAdvisor are to be named and shamed - and could face legal action, it has been revealed...

Virgin rolls out ultrafast broadband for homes

Virgin Media has announced the rollout timetable of its highly anticipated ultrafast 100Mb broadband service...

29, 2010 October:

Push to prevent Google 'dominating' travel market

A group of online travel firms urged the US authorities this week to block Google's purchase of flight information company ITA Software, saying it would give the Internet titan too much control over the lucrative sector...

27, 2010 October:

First iPhone app for flatsharers

Easyroommate.co.uk have developed and released the UK's first iPhone application dedicated to helping users find flatmates or flatsharing accommodation...

11, 2010 October:

Travel review website surges

Online behemoth TripAdvisor keeps growing. In July, the site recorded 40 million unique hits, a rise of 60 per cent from January...

23, 2010 September:

New mortgages iPhone app 'easy to use'

A representative from London & Country Mortgages has lauded the simplicity of a new iPhone application it has unveiled...

15, 2010 September:

First UK residential App for iPad

Hamptons International has become the first UK residential estate agent to launch an app for iPad......

13, 2010 September:

Broadband 'the last spending cut' for Scottish homes

Pulling the plug on home broadband connection is the last spending cut Scots would be willing to make in order to economise, according to new research from Clydesdale Bank...

02, 2010 September:

Lead Galaxy makes multilingual move

LeadGalaxy.com has today announced a multilingual rollout that delivers a range of exciting new opportunities for international real estate advertisers and property portals around the world...

Zoopla lauches new TV campaign

Property website, Zoopla.co.uk, has launched its first national TV advertising campaign which will include a number of prime-time slots across ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and the Sky digital channels...

09, 2010 August:

Apple launches new travel apps

Computer giant Apple could be set to take a big bite out of the travel industry after registering patents for two travel-related applications for the iPhone and iPad...

05, 2010 August:

Zoopla recruits SmartNewHomes director

Zoopla has appointed the former sales director of SmartNewHomes.com as head of its new homes division...

04, 2010 August:

Beware Gumtree lettings scam

The National Landlords Association is warning tenants to beware of a new scam on Gumtree, an online classifieds website...

02, 2010 August:

Free Qld holiday for facebookers

Budding travel writers have the chance to win a holiday by Facebooking about their favourite Queensland trip...

27, 2010 July:

Bargain for a room

A new accommodation website, myroombid.com, allows travellers to bargain for a room rate directly with participating hotels...

Check in and board using iPhone

If online check-in was seen as a huge leap, British Airways is about to make the entire process even easier after unveiling an iPhone app that enables users to board a plane using just their mobiles...

22, 2010 July:

New homebuying service launches

A next generation homebuying service, The Homebuyer Centre, is now operating in the UK...

19, 2010 July:

Out with the old, in with the new

Property buyers turn their backs on second hand and face the future in a brand new house...

05, 2010 July:

Google wades into airfare market

Internet titan Google plunged into the online travel market on Thursday, buying ITA Software, a flight information software company, for $US700 million ($A825 million) in cash...

29, 2010 June:

Time for the iMass

Following the success of the iBreviary, an iPhone application containing the book of daily prayers used by Roman Catholic priests, the Rev Paolo Padrini has developed the iMass, a free application containing the missal [all the instructions and text necessary for the celebration of Mass during the year]...

17, 2010 June:

Social networking ‘essential for tourism'

Ask most Australians what Foursquare is and they'll probably tell you it's a chain of retail stores - but the tourism industry is being told to jump on board the new social networking rage, or risk losing business and being left behind...

16, 2010 June:

Hamptons International App for iPhone

Hamptons International, one of the UK's premier international residential agencies and a subsidiary of Emaar Properties, has extended its iPhone app to a global audience...

Saving goals between house-hunting

SmartNewHomes.com is giving online homebuyers the chance to brush-up on their goalkeeping skills, with the launch of an interactive football game to mark the opening round of the World Cup...

04, 2010 June:

Iceland turns to Facebook to save tourism

Iceland's tourism bods have turned to social networking site Facebook in a desperate bid to restore faith in the country and help turn around the volcano-hit tourist industry...

01, 2010 June:

Surge in online property listings

The scrapping of Home Information Packs (Hips) has resulted in a rise in the number of properties coming onto the market, according to property website Rightmove...

Find dream pad on iPad

Primelocation.com, the UK's principal portal for premier estate agents and property, has today launched an iPad app that allows users to browse property in a way that has never been done before...

28, 2010 May:

‘Legacy tariffs' costing web users

WWith the election uncertainty settled, the very real prospect of government spending cuts and tax increases will place further pressure on UK households to save money. Reducing household bills is top of most consumers' agendas yet one service is still being overlooked - broadband...

24, 2010 May:

Jet-lag fighter app takes off

New on iTunes is the Virgin Atlantic Jet Lag Fighter app, which provides sound scientific information, written and spoken, on the common travel problem and suggestions from the director of the Edinburgh Sleep Clinic, Dr Chris Idzikowski...

21, 2010 May:

iPhone app for finding properties

A new iPhone application has been launched by HomesGoFast.com, allowing iPhone users to find properties for sale in over 70 countries...

19, 2010 May:

Check out property matching services

Lettingsearch.co.uk knows how important it is to find tenants for rental properties and it also appreciates how busy today's agents are. Therefore it has designed its Property Matching service to help agents find suitable tenants as quickly as possible...

13, 2010 May:

The industry's new property tool kit

Totality has launched touchspace, an online sales and marketing system designed specifically for the real-estate sector...

12, 2010 May:

Rightmove Overseas partners with Lead Galaxy

Portal giant Rightmove is to offer advertisers the opportunity to list overseas property on a pay per lead basis in a selected set of countries, through a tie-up with the online property marketing platform, Lead Galaxy...

Property search for iPad

Lettingweb.com will shortly be enhancing its property search offering with the launch of an iPad application...

11, 2010 May:

Conservation: changing face of Oz

The Australian IT entrepreneur, Graeme Wood, wondered what would happen if he set up an internet site selling surplus hotel stock. That was in 2000 and so began one of the success stories of the internet: wotif.com, a business that changed the Australian travel industry...

04, 2010 May:

Virgin goes mobile

Virgin Blue passengers travelling on direct flights between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane can now check in via their mobile phones...

A new testament online

Worth a look is luxurytravelbible.com, an Australian site dedicated to the finer things in travel, with hotel reports, news, articles and information on destinations. It also features tips from travel industry insiders...

30, 2010 April:

Broadband ‘essential' for movers

We live in the age of the computer - and now new research has found that fast broadband is one of the top priorities for today's homemovers - hence why all three major political parties are saying they'll make fast broadband a priority in rural areas...

16, 2010 April:

The rise of the virtual estate agent

Property expert, investor and landlord Sussanne Chambers examines the changes to the estate agency market since the credit crunch...

13, 2010 April:

The online Antique's Roadshow

Valuemystuffnow (VMSN), often referred to as "the online Antiques Roadshow", which provides valuations of antiques and collectibles for all without having to leave their homes, is adding three new services to help learn more about their valuables...