Rent.com.au is consolidating its position as Australia’s #1 rental property website, indicating in a December press release they have achieved 300% growth in the number of agency listings on their website since February 2011. They also indicate their portal has over 40,000 residential and holiday rentals now being listed by agencies across the country. In [...]
Fairfax Media yesterday announced they have entered into an agreement to merge Fairfax Community Newspapers in Victoria with Metro Media Publishing (owner of the The Weekly Review). Under the agreement Fairfax will contribute assets along with 35 million, in return obtaining 50% interest and voting rights in MMP. The Weekly Review is a free weekly [...]
Listen. I’m not really sure how to say this. There’s something I think you need to know, but it involves a marketing client of mine — and I don’t want to seem like I am just spruiking my clients. So, if you don’t want to hear about a new portal that helps Australian agents and developers reach [...]
I firmly believe that niche real estate portals can be successful and fill a gap which the major players Domain.com.au and Realestate.com.au don’t cater for. There is no better example than Farmbuy.com which targets a niche very relevant in Australia…rural properties. Farmbuy.com launched in October 2009, it has grown from approx 4,000 unique browsers in [...]
Late last month Realestateview undertook a small makeover to the residential section of their portal. What they’ve done is enhanced the usability of the site, provided extra content, improved the styling and overall, offer site browsers a better experience. The key homepage improvements include: Search – is now the main priority on the homepage allowing [...]
Following on from the upgrade your listing feature launched by Thehomepage a few months ago, Realestate.com.au have added a similar feature to their listings. If you view any property on Realestate.com.au and click on the Show Page Visits link above the property images you will notice a lightbox popup, highlighting the Listing Performance for the property [...]
League tables for suburb performance based on medians can make for popular reading. However the results should often be challenged, especially where sample sizes are small, property sales not representative or where the price ‘distribution curve’ is skewed. For an agent working in one of these ‘worst’ suburbs, it is always good to know the [...]
For the first time in Australia, onthehouse.com.au has just released their automated valuation estimate solution on almost every property within Australia called ‘Guesstimates’. ‘Guesstimates’ are calculated using the Residex valuation technology, and are provided to consumers for free, along with other detailed and analytic information about properties in Australia. CEO and Managing Director, Michael Fredericks [...]
If you have a Google Apps Account and you understand how to administer this account you can now enable Google Plus for Google Apps for each of the users in your organisation and they in turn can now finally have a Google Plus Profile. Note: If you are logged into your Google Apps GMail click [...]
The ACT Portal market is a little different to others across Australia in that neither Domain nor Realestate.com.au hold the number 1 portal spot. This claim is owned by Allhomes.com.au an independent ACT based company. What Allhomes have managed to do is cement the Allhomes brand into the minds of real estate agents and property [...]
Free to consumer price estimates are popular tools in North America, but they are not without problems. In the coming year or two we expect to see automated valuation modelling being used more widely in Australia – offering either existing or new portal entrants a way to stand out in a rather tough online marketplace. [...]
Viewproperty.com.au aim to be a new “industry-owned” real estate portal designed to provide agents with an affordable alternative to the current offerings of Domain and Realestate.com.au. Apparently, the site is the result of 14 months planning and preparation by a group of Australian real estate agents and IT developers. View Property Australia CEO Ross Bulman [...]
Early last month Domain launched their real estate directory by adding an additional ”Directory” tab to their main navigation. The directory allows site users to browse for a variety of real estate industry service providers, viewing their profiles and contacting those they’re interested in. The directory is powered by another Fairfax owned company, OMG a [...]
Over the last week it appears Realestateview has launched itself up the Google search results for the term “real estate” now ranking number 2 behind Realestate.com.au. Domain which was number 2 has now been pushed down to the 4th result below PropertyNow.com.au This is quite alarming for Domain and they would surely be seeking answers [...]
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