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Rightmove rental properties

Rightmove rental properties missing list

What do you expect to see on Rightmove rental properties ?  Recently Rightmove asked its followers that question. It's good they are taking feedback from Facebook followers. The full questions was "If you were looking for a rental property on Rightmove, what information would you want/expect to be included from the agent advertising it?" It seems that ...

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Phil and Kirsty – Location

Phil and Kirsty

Don't you just love Phil and Kirsty, and there back again for another new series. Catch the new series of Location, Location, Location on Wednesdays at 8pm on Channel 4. Phil and Kirsty, like a favourite Aunty and Uncle they almost row in front of the nation on the great show Property experts Phil Spencer and Kirsty Allsop were asked for advice ...

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Buying 14% cheaper than Renting

Buying cheaper than Renting

If you do your sums, you will find that renting is costing the average person £100 more a month than they would be for a buying and paying a mortgage. Halifax released a report this week claiming homeowners spend an average of £600 on mortgage payments compared to £700 in rent for the same size property, ...

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Property Top Trumps – RightMove

Super Top Trumps - RightMove

This week we have seen a breakdown of 4 property portals looking to Trump the major player RightMove Below we have the scores for Home, Findaproperty, Primelocation and Zoopla. Home - www.home.co.uk Founded  -  1996 Properties selling - 735,431 Properties renting - 180,637 No. Estate Agents - 15,718 Alexa Traffic Rank - 77,237 Zoopla - www.zoopla.co.uk Founded  -  2008 Properties selling - 345,714 Properties renting - ...

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Property Top Trumps – PrimeLocation

Property Top Trumps - PrimeLocation.com

Take the top 5 property portal web sites. Add the public statistics available and then put them in a Top Trump Card challenge to see which one really is the Top Dog. We have already seen Home, Findaproperty and Zoopla, today we turn our attention to PrimeLocation. Prime Location - www.primelocation.com Founded  -  2001 Properties selling - 400,000 Properties renting - 200,000 Number of Estate Agents ...

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Property Top Trumps – Findaproperty

Property Top Trumps - Findaproperty

We started a series of articles this week looking at several statistics relevent to the top 5 property portals. Using the analogy of  Top Trumps cards we decided to fill in the stats to make some interesting comparisons. We have already seen Home and Zoopla, today we turn our attention to a contender that has been ...

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Property Top Trumps – Zoopla

Top Trumps - Zoopla

Yesterday we started using the analogy of an old card game Top Trumps. Home.co.uk set a blistering pace but can new boy Zoopla trump the other 4 property portals? Zoopla - www.zoopla.co.uk Founded  -  2008 Properties selling - 345,714 Properties renting - 131,348 Number of Estate Agents - 9,268 Alexa Traffic Rank - 5,025 Founded: The newest site reviewed and yet one of ...

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Property Top Trumps – Home

Property Top Trumps - Home

Over the next week, Your right move has been looking at the statistics of some of your favourite property portals to find out what is currently the Joker in the pack and which is the Super Trump. Using the analogy of an old card game Top Trumps, we take a look each day to see whether ...

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Changing Face of Britain’s Landlords

Lasndlords Age 18 to 34

SimplyBusiness.co.uk report on the Changing Face of Britain’s Landlords New analysis from SimplyBusiness.co.uk indicates a significant change in both the age and gender of private landlords in the UK. It seems as though the face of the archetypal British landlord is changing; and there is a younger breed of landlord entering the private rental market. SimplyBusiness.co.uk have ...

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More ways Monopoly Helps Property Developers

Monopoly Lessons for Property Developers

Yesterday we looked at how Monopoly can teach lessons in the real world of property development. When it comes to selected the right location for investment and knowing whether to make improvements on your home, Monopoly provided some very valuable lessons. Knowing fact and figures as well as the odds of an outcome will also prove valuable ...

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