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March 2013

13: Foxtons sign new mobile handset deal

February 2013

21: Countrywide plans stock market return

January 2013

24: nethouseprices research reveals audiotours help sell homes faster

May 2012

March 2012

February 2012

29: Top 20 UK Estate Agency and Lettings Agency Web Sites: Top 5
24: Top 20 UK Estate Agency and Lettings Agency Web Sites: 10-6
23: Why should I be Pinterested
22: Top 20 UK Estate Agency and Lettings Agency Web Sites: 15-11
21: Winkworth launches new international web site
21: Top 20 UK Estate Agency and Lettings Agency Web Sites
17: Are you Pinterested in Property?
6: Mortgages and FS
6: Telephony
6: Professional Bodies and Schemes
6: Print and Design
6: Training
6: Software
6: Recruitment
6: Portals
6: Photography
6: Marketing
6: Letting Outsourcing
6: Inventories
6: Franchising
6: Floor Plans
6: EPC’s
6: Displays
6: Conveyancing
6: Boards
6: Auctions

January 2012

November 2011

14: Google algorithm change means agents need to get fresh

September 2011

21: Zoopla sign another strategic partnership

June 2011

April 2011

15: Katy Perry is not an Estate Agent

March 2011

February 2011

1: What do home sellers really think and do?

January 2011

18: Rightmove go Hyperlocal with RightmovePlaces

December 2010

November 2010

16: Performance In Detail

October 2010

September 2010

August 2010

July 2010

June 2010

May 2010

April 2010

March 2010

February 2010

January 2010

12: A short story about marketing

December 2009

November 2009

October 2009

September 2009

August 2009

July 2009

June 2009

May 2009

Affordable Housing

March 25, 2010: Have FTB’s had the needed leg up?

Agency web site

February 29, 2012: Top 20 UK Estate Agency and Lettings Agency Web Sites: Top 5
February 24, 2012: Top 20 UK Estate Agency and Lettings Agency Web Sites: 10-6
February 22, 2012: Top 20 UK Estate Agency and Lettings Agency Web Sites: 15-11
February 21, 2012: Winkworth launches new international web site
February 21, 2012: Top 20 UK Estate Agency and Lettings Agency Web Sites
January 3, 2012: Foxtons Leads The Way With Online Lettings
November 14, 2011: Google algorithm change means agents need to get fresh
June 13, 2011: Using social proof to influence vendors and landlords
September 7, 2010: Is ‘Pay Per Click’ the answer?
August 18, 2010: Jackson-Stops Staff ‘fast find’

Auctions

February 6, 2012: Auctions

Boards

February 6, 2012: Boards

Business Strategy

January 24, 2013: nethouseprices research reveals audiotours help sell homes faster
March 16, 2012: The real value of a home
June 9, 2011: Location, Location, Location
March 15, 2011: Have you got money down the back of your sofa?
March 2, 2011: Can “Goodwill” hold a sale together?
December 31, 2010: Hit the ground running
December 9, 2010: Estate Agents – Would you like your phones to ring more?
September 28, 2010: Knowing Me, Knowing You
April 29, 2010: LinkedIn new ‘Follow Company’ feature
April 21, 2010: ‘Luv the city’ Interview
March 17, 2010: Will high street letting agents be put out of business?
November 27, 2009: Are estate agent’s high street offices day’s over?
July 21, 2009: Estate Agents: Are you making it personal???
June 16, 2009: Better to know a lot about a little

Conveyancing

February 6, 2012: Conveyancing

Displays

February 6, 2012: Displays

EPC's

February 6, 2012: EPC’s

Estate Agency Software

July 22, 2010: Is this the future of property search?…
November 23, 2009: Estate agency software providers go social

Estate Agents

March 13, 2013: Foxtons sign new mobile handset deal
February 23, 2012: Why should I be Pinterested
September 21, 2011: Zoopla sign another strategic partnership
April 15, 2011: Katy Perry is not an Estate Agent
February 1, 2011: What do home sellers really think and do?
January 18, 2011: Rightmove go Hyperlocal with RightmovePlaces
November 16, 2010: Performance In Detail
October 27, 2010: Research – Comparison of Online Estate Agents
October 1, 2010: Scarcity – The Rule of the Few
September 23, 2010: iPad Apps for Estate Agents
August 4, 2010: Just stop BROADCASTING!
June 17, 2010: Google Property will change everything
June 1, 2010: Is this genius marketing or just plain lazy?
May 6, 2010: Augmented Reality Property Applications
April 6, 2010: New Search tool with great property application
March 19, 2010: Tesco play down involvement in iSold
March 15, 2010: 2015 outlook for online house hunters
February 11, 2010: Another chain free property site…
February 8, 2010: findaproperty iPhone app quick review
February 6, 2010: Juicy Red Apple moves home
February 3, 2010: If mobile is going to be big in 2010….
January 12, 2010: A short story about marketing
December 1, 2009: Increasing your twitter followers
November 18, 2009: “Are you talking to me?”
November 17, 2009: The Negotiator Awards 2009
October 30, 2009: Google Property Search Developments
October 26, 2009: Negotiator magazine social Media article
October 23, 2009: New iphone property app on it’s way
October 19, 2009: Estate Agent facebook fan page tips
October 16, 2009: Top 10 Twitter Tips
October 13, 2009: be2camp@working buildings – Estate Agents use of Web2.0
October 13, 2009: Estate agent web site reviews
October 1, 2009: Look4aproperty not such a great deal
September 30, 2009: Power station… what power station?
September 20, 2009: Not Lady Gaga? Show me your face
September 2, 2009: Who wants to socialise with estate agents?
August 20, 2009: 140 X 2.0 + 12 =
August 7, 2009: Nestoria/iProperty iPhone app review
August 7, 2009: Globrix mobile site review
August 7, 2009: Propertyfinder mobile site review
August 7, 2009: Rightmove iPhone and mobile site review
August 7, 2009: Zoopla continue shopping spree
August 4, 2009: Can a National Estate Agent provide a ‘Fine’ service
August 3, 2009: estatecreate deal with GMG
July 27, 2009: Should it be Property Portals or… Agents beware?
July 17, 2009: Light at the end of the Tunnel for Commercial Energy Assessors?
July 15, 2009: Consolidation underway in UK property portal market
July 13, 2009: 15 mins to spare? I doubt it…
July 7, 2009: Zoopla launch Askme! Q+A
July 6, 2009: Have you tried a Google search for property?
July 6, 2009: Great marketing from Globrix!
May 26, 2009: Hypocritical NAEA in ‘Secret Payments’ controversy
May 22, 2009: Social Networking Meets Property Sales – Cutting Out The Estate agent

Floor Plans

February 6, 2012: Floor Plans

Franchising

February 6, 2012: Franchising

Innovation

March 1, 2012: Adzuna launches friend map, a new way to find property
October 22, 2010: Bridge the gap between traditional and online marketing

Inventories

February 6, 2012: Inventories

iPad apps

May 4, 2012: New findaproperty.com iPad app review

iPhone apps

May 30, 2012: GetTaxi leading the way in app innovation
July 19, 2010: Zoopla launch iPhone app
July 2, 2010: iPhone Apps for property people
June 11, 2010: Portal Activity from the ‘BIG THREE’

Letting Agents

June 15, 2011: Social Media: Letting Agent Facebook case study
June 29, 2010: Tenants we LOVE YOU
June 23, 2010: Dedicated Lettings Portals Emerging

Letting Outsourcing

February 6, 2012: Letting Outsourcing

Marketing

February 17, 2012: Are you Pinterested in Property?
January 5, 2012: Zoopla and DPG spending big on brand
May 13, 2010: Rightmove launch new desktop search app
March 10, 2010: Do you like me?
February 17, 2010: Google Real Estate’s First TV ad

Marketing

February 6, 2012: Marketing

Mortgages and FS

February 6, 2012: Mortgages and FS

Not sure

March 12, 2010: A USP over Tesco iSold

online

October 19, 2010: Closing the data loop
July 21, 2010: New Rightmove ‘Draw a Search’ tool

photography

February 6, 2012: Photography

Portals

February 6, 2012: Portals

Print and Design

February 6, 2012: Print and Design

Professional Bodies and Schemes

February 6, 2012: Professional Bodies and Schemes

Property Portals

July 8, 2010: Zoopla get three new board heavyweights

Recruitment

February 6, 2012: Recruitment

Social Media

April 29, 2010: LinkedIn seminar review – The changing face of networking
July 3, 2009: Social Media in Action

Software

February 6, 2012: Software

Suppliers

February 6, 2012: Telephony
February 6, 2012: Training

Uncategorized

February 21, 2013: Countrywide plans stock market return
October 26, 2010: What is an “Online estate agent”
March 5, 2010: iTurnip to rock the Groceries market
December 11, 2009: Home Sale Network Conference
November 14, 2009: NHN Conference
September 18, 2009: Make me Laugh
August 7, 2009: Rightmove app tops free app list
June 4, 2009: Do trading standards have the teeth to police EPCs?