dothomes.co.uk Sold to TDPG

The Digital Property Group (TDPG) has bought dothomes.co.uk, a UK-based property search engine previously owned by BytePlay, for an undisclosed sum.
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3 DotHomes Websites For Sale

BytePlay is selling off its “DotHomes” family of real estate search engines, which includes three websites in three countries: dothomes.co.uk, dothomes.co.za and dothomes.com.
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New newhomesforsale.co.uk Partnership

UK portal newhomesforsale.co.uk, which specialises in new build homes, has announced a partnership with real estate search engine dothomes.co.uk. newhomesforsale.co.uk listings will now be included on dothomes.co.uk at no extra cost.
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thinkproperty.com Free-to-List Growth

Late last year thinkproperty.com changed to a free-to-list model and it already looks to be paying off for the UK portal, with the company reporting that the number of agents listing on the portal has risen.
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ononemap Bought By dothomes

Map based UK property search engine ononemap.com has been bought by dothomes.co.uk.



The ononemap.com homepage now refers users to dothomes.co.uk, saying that the next generation of property search is “coming to a computer near you”.

News of the deal was also broken in a blog by renthusiast.com who says “details are emerging, however, Dothomes co-founder Douglas de Jager, promises we will be blessed with “beautiful technology” very very soon”.

This brings an end to speculation over ononemap.com’s closure and possible sale.

ononemap.com was established in August 2005 as a map based search engine for UK property. It was owned by OnOneMap Limited, a private company, with Philip Sheldrake heading it up as Managing Director. The website was both free-to-list and free-to-use, making any revenue through third party advertisements or Google ads.

dothomes.co.uk is a real estate search engine which covers the UK, South Africa and the US.

Read propertyportalwatch.com’s overview of dothomes.co.uk here.

DotHomes

DotHomes is a real estate search engine which covers South Africa (dothomes.co.za) and the US (dothomes.com). Sales or rental search results link directly through to full property details on real estate agent’s own websites, at no cost to the agent.

DotHomes owned and ran a UK-based version of the search engine, dothomes.co.uk, until January 2010, when it was acquired by The Digital Property Group. The company also runs map-based UK property search engine ononemap.com.

DotHomes aims to be the “Google of real estate”. It offers an alternative to traditional directory websites for real estate search (who charge agents a fee to list properties) and the newer “mashup” websites (which index only the directory websites, rather than the more up-to-date property listings on the sourcing estate agent websites).
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