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Independent property consultants Keeler & Co knew a fundamental requirement of their business was to ensure they could choose on which websites individual properties should be marketed.
 
For this, the company operating in South West London and Middlesex, wanted their in-house software applications to handle the distribution process simply and flexibly.
 

Eurolink, the specialist property software company has formed a new partnership with energy company Spark.  
 
Eurolink director Richard Murray said:
 

Global information services company Experian® is to offer a new alert service which will inform banks, lenders, insurers and home services companies when an existing customer puts their property up for sale or rent.

By being notified when a customer is selling or renting out their property, organisations will have valuable insight to help customer acquisition and management activities as well as the prevention of ‘hidden’ buy-to-let fraud activity.

Property website, Zoopla.co.uk has announced it has acquired property technology company, Byteplay Ltd, for an undisclosed sum.

The Byteplay assets acquired include OnOneMap.com, DotHomes.com and Extate.com which will all now be re-directed to Zoopla.co.uk, along with a host of local propertygazette websites, such as bristolpropertygazette.co.uk and coventrypropertygazette.co.uk which cover every main UK town from Penzance to Perth.

Property Pads has launched a new website aimed at professionals in the property industry.

The site brings together Solicitors, Conveyancers, Estate Agents and Letting Agents with a range of national and local providers of Property Searches (both personal & official), Energy Performance Certificates for residential or commercial properties, Inventories and Gas Safety Certificates.

Google have announced that UK Google Maps users will now be able to search for listings from estate agents and property websites directly on the map.

Increasingly, people are starting their search for a new home online and the new feature will help connect them with the information they're looking for, in an easy-to-navigate map format. 

Actor Tom Felton tops the list of celebrities who share personal information online, as new research shows a surge in tweeters who freely reveal personal details that could put them at risk.

A top 10 of tweeters who reveal too much has been compiled by home insurer LV=. The research shows that Tom Felton, DJ Calvin Harris and Fearne Cotton are among celebrities most commonly share personal information on social networking and microblogging sites, that could leave them open to crimes such as burglary, identity fraud and personal theft.

Primelocation.com has launched a national communications campaign that positions the site as the UK’s leading prime property portal. This investment forms part of a £13million spend by The Digital Property Group in its brands during the first half of this year.

The campaign – which includes fashion models photographed at Aynhoe Park, a Grade II listed mansion near Banbury in Oxfordshire – launched on 6 May and featuring in high-end print and press publications.

The desire to have a fast and reliable broadband connection has jumped into the top five requests for people moving to the country.

A survey among the 20 branch network of the homefinding service County Homesearch shows that people who move to the country crave a degree of privacy and frequently ask for views and houses away from road noise – but fast broadband is now a requisite not a luxury.

Connells-owned property lawyers Conveyancing Direct has become the first law firm to send an electronic mortgage deed through HM Land Registry’s ‘Business Gateway’.

The new service, which enables conveyancing firms to generate deeds automatically, will enhance the speed and efficiency in which mortgage deeds are delivered, as well as fulfilling the expectations of many customers who prefer to handle transactions online.