homes24.co.uk Partners with Whitehot

homes24.co.uk, the free-to-list property portal of independent regional UK publisher Archant, has agreed to list all Whitehot Property’s stock.
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baseestate.com Waiting for Google

Rumours of Google Maps adding more real estate listings to its UK and European pages have sparked some speculation on the future of property portals. But there is one portal, established back in 2007, that is eagerly awaiting the expansion of real estate on Google Maps.
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Free Listings and Data at rentbits.com

US rental property search engine rentbits.com has just tweaked its advertising model, allowing users to list rental properties for free on Google Base, oodle.com, vast.com and hotpads.com.
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Google Maps Highlights Real Estate

Google Maps has announced changes to its real estate listings. Its real estate category is now more prominent, and rental listings have been added in the US. A new Comparison Ads tool has also been announced that is geared towards the mortgage market.
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NearBuy’s iPhone Apps Ready for Use

All three versions of NearBuy, a US based real estate application for iPhone, have now been made available for download.
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Real Estate Added to Google Maps – What it Means for Australian Property Portals

In Australia and the US, Google has added properties for sale to its mapping site – maps.google.com. Users of Google Maps are now able to see a selection of homes for sale and rent plotted on the maps. These homes for sale seem to be sourced from Google Base – Google’s classifieds engine. It is free for anyone to upload a listing and this can be done through an online interface or through an XML data feed.

The inclusion of property listings from Google Base onto Google Maps has some parts of the Australia real estate world abuzz with thoughts of the end of market leaders’ realestate.com.au and domain.com.au.

However, while this launch is new and innovative in the Australian market, a lot has to fall in place before realestate.com.au and domain.com.au are truly affected by the “entry” of Google into the Australian real estate advertising scene.
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New Advertising Service at rentshout.com

New website rentshout.com has launched an online service that will syndicate agents’ listings to craigslist.com, vast.com, Google Base, oodle.com, along with a number of other rent focused websites.
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tinkomatic.com Streamlines Classifieds Search

tinkomatic.com is a new classifieds and auctions search website which allows users to search across multiple websites including oodle.com, craigslist.com, eBay.com and eBay owned kijiji.com. It focuses on all classifieds listings including property, jobs, auto and other general items for sale. tinkomatic.com also lets users add RSS feeds from trulia.com and Google Base.
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