News Archive: products and services

11, 2010 February:

New property price index for Cyprus

The beleaguered Cyprus property market is set to benefit from a brand new property price index introduced by The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in a bid to make the country's real estate market more transparent...

10, 2010 February:

Agent feedback key player in services

Lettingsearch.co.uk, the UK's largest lettings only portal, has launched a host of unique and valuable new services and features, based on agent feedback, to enhance its offering...

08, 2010 February:

Life in 3D

Forget Avatar in 3D, now you can check out a brand new 3D city mapping service - Skape has been designed for architects, planners and surveyors and will allow them to manipulate urban landscapes online by combining high resolution 3D textured city models with 2D mapping and terrain data - a technological first...

iPhone property hunt application

Leading property portal FindaProperty.com has today launched an iPhone app bringing the FindaProperty.com search functionality to the world of mobile home hunting...

13, 2010 January:

Find the perfect home from phone

The first iPhone application for the local property market has been released by Propertynews.com, allowing users to access thousands of properties for sale or rent...

08, 2010 January:

UK holiday companies offer 'redundancy cover'

Thomson and First Choice holiday shops in the UK are offering 'redundancy cover' as experts predict a further 250,000 job losses in 2010...

08, 2009 December:

Fractional expo hits London

Fractional Life has announced that the 4th Fractional Life Expo, the largest and most diverse fractional ownership and asset-sharing exhibition in the world, will return to Broadgate Event Venues in the heart of the City of London on Monday 13 September through to Wednesday 15 September 2010...

02, 2009 December:

Housing service for learning disabilities

A new housing service for people with learning disabilities has been launched in London - Southwest London Homefinders has been set up by Golden Lane Housing (GLH) and six authorities to give people with a learning disability access to the private rented sector...

27, 2009 November:

Dispute service alters fees

The Dispute Service (TDS), which is responsible for the UK's Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has approved a change in its method of charging subscriptions - from next year, fees will be determined on a "fairer" basis, taking into account a "dramatic rise" in disputes between landlords and tenants...

10, 2009 November:

Fifteen mins of fame

HomesOverseas.co.uk, part of the Trinity Mirror Digital group, has updated its website with the launch of "HO TV", a new TV section - the overseas property investment portal now includes a video about mortgage specialists, Athena Mortgages, which is apparently a leading player in the French market...

02, 2009 November:

New valuation phone app

Mouseprice is about to launch a groundbreaking new telephone application in the UK...

09, 2009 October:

Text appeal

We are living in the age of the text message - more than 1.2 billion messages are sent each day - so here's a useful new service that utilizes our addiction to texting - the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has funded an initiative to provide holiday information to travelers via email and texts and it can even contact them in emergencies when they are on holiday...

15, 2009 September:

Lloyds: buy-to-let cap

Lloyds Banking Group, which includes HBOS and its former subsidiaries, has abruptly reduced the maximum amount it will lend to landlords...

08, 2009 September:

French fancies

The latest exhibition in the market leading portfolio of French Property shows is to be held at Olympia, in London, on 11-13 September 2009...

Czech it out

A new mortgage comparison has been launched for people seeking to buy property in Czech Republic...

11, 2009 August:

Click and go

Star Alliance has a new online tool that allows travellers to plan, book and buy round-the-world fares through its website...

07, 2009 August:

In the palma your hand

Chesterton Humberts continues to expand its international reach by announcing a new association with Vida Balear in Mallorca, an agent specialising in the sale of prime property in Mallorca...

05, 2009 August:

Text to board

Boarding a plane will be as simple as receiving a text message from later this year as Oz airline Jetstar rolls out the invention of a 22-year-old tech entrepreneur...

29, 2009 July:

Securing that sun-bed

This little special offer had me laughing out loud at its unintentional tongue in cheek genius - the German arm of holiday company Thomas Cook is offering a new service to German travelers that could spell the end of haggling over sun beds - holidaymakers at nine hotels across Turkey, Egypt and the Canary Islands can now book their sun-loungers in advance for a fee...

23, 2009 July:

Special portal launches

A new online property portal has launched, specialising in properties for older and disabled people...

21, 2009 July:

World's most exclusive address

It's no secret that Russia is home to some of the world's richest people - so it makes sense that it is soon to be home to the world's most exclusive and expensive housing development - the average villa on the Agalarov Estates in Moscow will set residents back a whopping £10 million...

Woolies is back!

Woolworths.co.uk has gone live, offering over half a million fantastic products for British families to buy online and enjoy together...

16, 2009 July:

Cleaning up that act

Anything that means estate agents will be better regulated can't be a bad thing in my eyes - as I'm still smarting over my recent unpleasant experience with one - so news that all agents in the UK must register with a new anti-money laundering system is being welcomed by many...

09, 2009 July:

Land Registry hikes prices

The Land Registry is to raise some of its fees because the housing market downturn and the recession has led to a reduction in its fee income...

Lenders squeeze market

Lloyds Banking Group charges the highest interest rates as the number of deals available falls to record low...

07, 2009 July:

Beeny's back

TV personality and property guru Sarah Beeny has made her third major foray into the world of online ventures with the launch of a brand new site allowing homeowners to sell their property without paying any fees - TheMoveChannel.com takes a look at Tepilo.com...

06, 2009 July:

Rock lending again

Nationalised lender Northern Rock has started offering mortgages to existing customers for the first time since it almost collapsed in late 2007...

Branching out after 60 years

One of London's older estate agents has decided to expand with a second office - nearly 60 years after opening...

03, 2009 July:

On the road to fame

An enchanting, largely undiscovered French village and its beautiful surroundings are starring in an innovative new web TV channel being launched today to promote a local builder's residential development...

Celebrity gone sour

You may think that everything celebrities touch turns to gold, but this is certainly not the case when it comes to some celeb-endorsed property projects in Dubai - angry investors are now demanding their cash back from the firm behind the Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher and Boris Becker towers in the emirate...

25, 2009 June:

New horizons for NewSkys

A joint venture has relaunched NewSkys as a fractional ownership property portal - TheMoveChannel.com and Richmond Green Group have combined their knowledge and experience in the overseas property sector to create a platform offering visitors the very latest in fractional news, advice and opportunities...

Wanted: full time sales consultants

Work for one of UK's leading Global Property Investment Companies...

India increases labour rates

Indian property developers in the city of Mumbai have announced that they are going to increase their labour rates, following a recent recovery in the stock market, and signs that property investors are starting to return to the market...

Winkworth opens in south west

Winkworth has continued its expansion with the opening of its first franchised office in the west country. A niche business, it will specialise in waterside properties throughout the south west...

24, 2009 June:

Lead Galaxy shoots for the stars

Calling all property agents and developers! Property marketplace Lead Galaxy has re-launched and now allows you to bid for and buy qualified customer sales leads from a dedicated call centre, affiliated sites and property portals...

Tesco taking over

Tesco has announced a new sale & leaseback transaction involving £458 million of Tesco's property assets in the latest phase of its ongoing programme to release value from its UK property portfolio...

23, 2009 June:

Bridging the gap

Work on building the world's longest suspension bridge across the Messina Strait will start next year, the CEO of the contracting company has said...

12, 2009 June:

Finding that dream tenant

From today until 19th June, www.upad.co.uk is giving away £100,000 in free online advertising to the UK's landlord community...

08, 2009 June:

Cooking the books?

Most lenders to the UK's investment property market will be unable to shrink troublesome loan books for the foreseeable future, despite much of this debt being under water, analysts claim...

05, 2009 June:

New laws for Saudi

The property market in Saudi Arabia is set to be revolutionized by a new mortgage law which will help first time buyers who currently cannot afford to get onto the property ladder...

04, 2009 June:

Valuations just got easier

Causeway Data Communications (CDC) a company specialising in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has signed a contract with an American company to use its innovative property valuation technology...

03, 2009 June:

Lending rates rise

One of the UK's largest lenders, Alliance & Leicester, has substantially increased its lending rate on mortgages...

02, 2009 June:

The world in a day

Fancy visiting New York, Paris, Venice and London all in the space of one day? If Pinewood Studios goes ahead with its proposed £200 million revamp that's exactly what you will be able to do - as the outlines for streetscapes come to life on a site next to the existing studios in Buckinghamshire...

28, 2009 May:

Ready to restart Macau projects

Las Vegas Sands Chief Sheldon Adelson has said he may have arranged financing necessary to restart stalled construction projects in Macau and the United States by the end of 2009...

22, 2009 May:

Property portals - global top 100

New research published today by Globaledge.co.uk reveals the most important property portals on the Internet...

Radical help for FTBs

Lloyds is hoping to help kick-start the housing market by launching a radical new mortgage aimed at first-time buyers...

21, 2009 May:

Compare and share alike

A new service created by Evaluate Technologies enables UK consumers to select a mortgage to suit their own needs, without having to rely on a mortgage broker...

13, 2009 May:

Oz extends first home grant

After much dismay from first-time buyers and developers at the news that the Australian Government was stopping the First Home Owners Boost Scheme, which was helping thousands to get onto the property ladder, it is now time for celebration as the scheme is to continue until October...

11, 2009 May:

Costa Rica's credit crunch

Property prices are falling and real estate developments are being delayed as the market in some parts of Costa Rica are affected by the global downturn...