thinkproperty.com Rumored to be Going Free
October 27, 2008 by Emma Sorensen
thinkproperty.com might be leading the change from paid to free-to-list
Last week we reported that UK consumer property portal thinkproperty.com had added real time news to its functionality.
Hot on the heels of this announcement, is the news that thinkproperty.com is about to become free-to-list.
If reports are correct, then the change couldn’t be more timely as agents protest high listing fees and free-to-list portals and search sites gain in number and popularity.
Estate Agent Today broke the news on Friday, reporting that it is the first time a property portal has changed from pay-to-list, to become free.
thinkproperty.com is wholly owned by GMG Property Services, a division within Guardian Media Group. GMG also own vebra.com and coresystems.co.uk.
Estate Agent Today reported that thinkproperty.com wants to increase its focus on serving the estate agency sector:
“The Thinkproperty brand will also swallow up the existing vebra.com, homesonview.co.uk and live-lets.co.uk sites, and will allow all estate agents in the UK to advertise properties on the site free of charge with immediate effect.”
Curiously, neither the thinkproperty.com website nor the GMG Property Services website currently contains any mention that we could find of this rather big news. The thinkproperty.com FAQ page still advises agents: “To discuss pricing, please contact a thinkproperty.com sales representative via our Support team”.
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I believe that Ian Brown of thinkproperty.com also made this announcement during the ‘Agency Conference Sessions’ at Agency Expo on 15th October.
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A smart move but I guess when you own every property software business in the UK worth having you can afford a few luxuries.
Nice to see one of the major groups finally supporting us