And the Best UK Property Portal Is…

UK Newspaper, the Daily Mail has unveiled the winners of the UK Property Awards for 2008.

Three portals were highlighted in the awards.

REA Group owned propertyfinder.com has been awarded Best Property Portal UK with 4 stars, alongside property search engine globrix.com, who received the same accolade.

But the real winner was smartnewhomes.com who received a 5 star ranking. The portal was praised for its all round quality of service.

smartnewhomes.com is one of the UK’s leading websites for new homes and according to the company the portal attracts more than 1 million searches per month. smartnewhomes.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Trinity Mirror, the UK’s largest newspaper publisher, which operates a portfolio of more than 500 media brands and many websites, including a quarter share of the fish4.co.uk group.

The inaugural International Property Awards were presented in 1995, and in 2005 the Daily Mail UK Property Awards were launched under its umbrella. Other regions covered under separate awards include the Middle East, Asia, Americas, Europe and Africa. 5 star winners like smartnewhomes.com go on to be judged for the overall International Property Awards.

For a complete list of award winners in all countries, visit propertyawards.net.

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