May 17, 2012
The Toronto-based real estate classified site RentCompass has launched a new Facebook app to complement the mobile apps it already has.
The basic concept behind RentCompass is nothing we haven’t seen before – a Google Map with available rentals appearing as house icons. Click any item to go to the property’s details page, which includes the usual goodies – pictures, contact info, floor plans. But in the relatively smaller Canadian...
May 15, 2012
Affidata.co.uk, the U.K. arm of Dutch property portal Affidata has hit on the idea of launching geolocalised searches showing English-speaking agents in the desired area to help English buyers looking for second homes. Given the notorious unwillingness of the English to speak another language, combined with their love of homes abroad the move seems entirely logical. Naturally if...
May 13, 2012
U.K. property market leader Rightmove has published its Interim Management Statement for Jan. 1 to May 9 and the figures are looking good with a 20 percent traffic increase over the same period in 2011. The company enjoyed a record month in January with over a billion page impressions. Rightmove also notes that access via mobile apps “has been of particular note, in terms of rate of growth”, but doesn’t give figures.
The company is pinning its hopes for the future on...
May 4, 2012
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May 3, 2012
By Christo Volschenk
German real estate platform Immonet has gone live with new real estate portals on 7 regional newspaper sites of media group Madsack. Another 9 will go live before the end of May, 1 of which is not majority-owned by Madsack, Immonet said in a media statement today.The switch to uniform, co-branded Immonet platforms is part of an agreement reached between Immonet and Madsack in February (read our report...
April 30, 2012
By Sharon Hill
The gossip about Zillow has just gotten ”juicier.” Amidst a rumor that Zillow is about to spend $45 million to buy rental management software firm RentJuice, the third-largest online real estate marketplace has just announced its new Android rental app. Both follow on the heels of Zillow’s launch of Rent Zestimates. (For...
April 27, 2012
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April 26, 2012
In its Q1 2012 earnings report, The McClatchy Company reported a loss of $2.1 million, with classified revenue down more than 8 percent year over year. While much of the classified losses were in print advertising, digital dollars suffered as well. The only classified vertical whose YOY ad revenue increased was automotive, showing a 12 percent jump. Real estate and employment dropped nearly 9 percent and more than 6 percent respectively. California and Florida newspapers drove the downward...
April 23, 2012
By Sharon Hill
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization responsible for managing URLS and assigning top level domains, has had to take offline its electronic TLD application system. The deadline for dot-MLS and other TLD applications was first extended to April 20 and is now in limbo until the system is repaired. According to ICANN ongoing announcements, a system error enabled applicants to view some of the other applicants...
April 17, 2012
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