Archive for July, 2006
July 31, 2006 at 4:02 pm
· Filed under Uncategorized
Look4AProperty.com might be claiming to be on the verge of a gargantuan ad spend, and PickAProperty.co.uk might be charming the smalls off estate agents, but the big guns are still firing. London’s No 2 portal - FindAProperty - is apparently…
Original post by articles and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:Four in second round of Trillium auctionThe battle for Trillium, the £2bn outsourcing business owned by Land Securities, intensified after the UK's largest property group chose four bidders to take through...... click title for details
PrimeMove property portal looks to ads Rat and Mouse readers will already know that in the battle of the property search portals, PrimeMove shares honours as one of our favourites....... click title for details
Permalink
July 31, 2006 at 3:31 pm
· Filed under Design
It’s Swedish, it’s reinforced for public use… a real toilet for heavy-(s)hitters… and its clean industrial lines are creating a splash over at the Trendir design blog. [via Trendir]…
Original post by articles and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:JRS Architect, P.C. Ranks in Interior Design Magazine’s Top 100 Interior Design Giants
...... click title for details
Greenleaf IPS Secures Intuit’s Interior Plant Contract
...... click title for details
Permalink
July 31, 2006 at 3:17 pm
· Filed under Miscellaneous
I don’t buy the Times every day so I missed this one, but apparently the well-heeled residents of Mayfair’s Upper Brook Street recently took out a two-page ad in the newspaper demanding that Westminster Council close the roads surrounding the…
Original post by articles and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:Americas Watchdog Blames Wall Streets Con Jobs & Greed For The Auction Rate Securities Scandal
...... click title for details
Americas Watchdog Blames Wall Streets Con Jobs & Greed For The Auction Rate Securities Scandal
...... click title for details
Permalink
July 31, 2006 at 8:41 am
· Filed under Uncategorized
Congratulations to Kirstie Allsopp on the birth of Bay Atlas Anderson, who is, apparently, “big”. The Rat and Mouse office competition to guess the name is officially deemed a no contest. [via FirstRung]…
Original post by articles and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:Allsopp sisters do it for themselves Sofie (no "p", no "h") Allsopp (two "l"s, two "p"s) is apparently doing like big sister Kirstie (no "y") and - after a stint...... click title for details
Kirstie comes out fighting In recent weeks I've been described as a “property porn queen” in the New Statesman, sniped at on the pages of The Guardian and...... click title for details
Permalink
July 31, 2006 at 8:34 am
· Filed under House prices
It’s a 0.6% rise in July, but largely due to London gains of !%. Seventy per cent of the country saw zero gains. Interestingly, London homes were taking an average of just 3.8 weeks to sell, and Londoners were getting…
Original post by articles and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:Market report - Hometrack Yesterday's Hometrack figures showed a drop in the annual rate of house price inflation from 5.9% (July) to 5.4% (August). The monthly figures left...... click title for details
Market report - Hometrack, 12th consecutive fall House prices fell 1% in September, according to Hometrack, leaving the average property worth 6.2% less across the year. Interestingly, London is showing a...... click title for details
Permalink
July 28, 2006 at 11:19 am
· Filed under Linkage
Anti-noise website proves popular [TheMoveChannel] Endowment cock-up - the costs [Guardian] Daily Mirror urges British Gas customers to switch [Mirror] On Rightmove’s exit from the HIPs business - cost £22 million [TheMoveChannel] The Rat and Mouse - it’s about your…
Original post by articles and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:Monday morning linkage - agents v. the web Sunday Times property price round table [Sunday Times] Estate agents v. the web [Independent] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday...... click title for details
Friday morning linkage - Anna Ryder Richardson’s a celebrity, ftbs up, but won’t like the HIPs effect Anna Ryder Richardson signed up to I'm A Celebrity [Daily Record] The London 2012 stadium, looks expensive, and there's a reason for that... [USA...... click title for details
Permalink
July 28, 2006 at 11:18 am
· Filed under Uncategorized
There’s an interesting citizen journalism case study over on the BBC wesbite. Arno de Wever wants the equivalent of £25,000 a year when he retires. What about downsizing the home? What about buy-to-let? it’s a good read….
Original post by articles and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:Canadian pension fund takes Hammerson stakeOntario Teachers's Pension Plan, one of the largest pension funds in North America, is believed to have paid £270m for a 10% stake in the...... click title for details
Three-quarters favour property over pension YourPropertyClub - a property consultancy specialising in bulk discounts on new-builds - has conducted some research into people's attitudes to pension plans. Clearly YourPropertyClub...... click title for details
Permalink
July 27, 2006 at 11:54 pm
· Filed under Real Estate MLS, Real Estate Marketing
The MLS has been the industries consistent platform. The Realtor version of the stock market if you will.
An industry will always be inneficient until a standard is followed. Mess with the markets consistency and there is disruption and confusion.
Original post by Tim O’Keefe and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:The survey says… movers hate lawyers Propertyfinder has published it's annual who do movers hate the most? survey results, and, for the third year running, the answer is... solicitors. They've...... click title for details
Ascendix Named to 2008 Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club Microsoft Honors Ascendix Technologies for Outstanding Customer Commitment and Sales Achievement
Ascendix Technologies has been named to the 2008 Microsoft Dynamics President's Club, receiving recognition from...... click title for details
Permalink
July 27, 2006 at 3:35 pm
· Filed under Design
The Telegraph’ s Catherine Moye looks at the trend for attaching celebrity architects to major city developments, and asks, is the glamour enough to compensate for high prices and doors that open the wrong way? Read it here….
Original post by articles and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:Designer Homes The New Trend
...... click title for details
ResortQuest Breckenridge Welcomes The Pro-Celebrity Union 2 Event To Breckenridge, April 12 - 15, 2007.
...... click title for details
Permalink
July 27, 2006 at 1:48 pm
· Filed under Estate agents
I’m in Manchester for a few days. Look what I found a few metres from my hotel. Property, internet, coffee….
Original post by articles and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:Jordan - house-hunting in LA What's that? Something about inflation? Something about the dollar? Anyway, news is that Jordan's house-hunting in LA. (First we learn we're losing Posh and...... click title for details
Search for Hunting Land is Easier than Ever : Rayonier Connects Quality Wildlife Habitat and Searchable Web Site
If you’re a sportsman, hunting for quality land is not nearly as much fun as...... click title for details
Permalink
July 27, 2006 at 10:54 am
· Filed under Uncategorized
Yesterday, it was Look4aProperty, today it’s PickAProperty, claiming in a press release that estate agent signups for this soft launched portal have already far exceeded expectations. Expectations must have been pretty low, then, because when I searched for properties…
Original post by articles and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:Rental Portal for Singapore RentInSingapore.com Launched
...... click title for details
KFH have gazed upon the property portal market… ... and seen that it's good: "Over the last twelve months we have been closely monitoring the property portal market and coupled with this,...... click title for details
Permalink
July 26, 2006 at 11:29 am
· Filed under Uncategorized
“We wanted to prove unequivocally to all UK estate agents that they do not need to keep paying other portals over 300 pounds Sterling a month per Sales & Lettings Branch,” [Aaron] Turner says. “Our service is free to…
Original post by articles and PropertyMagnate.com
Related Articles:New chief for Propertyfinder News International have brought in Gillian Kent, former MSN UK MD, to head up Propertyfinder, overhaul its business strategy, and make it yap louder...... click title for details
Rightmove bail In yesterday's trading: Directors have bailed out of property website Rightmove (LSE: RMV.L - news) following the expiry of the terms of the
