New Options at rentbits.com, jaap.nl

US rentals search engine rentbits.com provides a simple search by location, price range, and number of bedrooms, but until now didn’t allow users to find properties by neighbourhood.
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jaap.nl Redesigns, funda.nl Dominates

Number two Dutch portal jaap.nl is adding to the long list of improvements it has made over the past few months with the release of a new design.
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Dutch Portals Team Up

Number two Dutch property portal jaap.nl has teamed up with the Netherlands’ number three player in a listing distribution partnership. 
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jaap.nl Informing House Hunters

jaap.nl, the Netherlands’ number two ranked property portal, is now offering a wealth of neighbourhood facts to property hunters through a partnership with information website omgevingsscan.nl.
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jaap.nl Jumps Into Google Wave

When invitations for Google Wave began circulating in early October, the usual excitement that accompanies a new Google release was mixed with a degree of confusion. The name was intriguing, but the question remained: what exactly does it do?
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jaap.nl Investor Goes Bankrupt

The aimgroup.com has reported that Telegraaf Media Groep (TMG) plans to increase its stake in the Netherlands’ number two ranked property portal, jaap.nl, by purchasing another 40 percent.
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Augmented Reality Is Here

Back in August, Coldwell Banker Real Estate launched what it says was the first-ever international home search application for iPhone and Android-powered devices. Since then it’s been “game on” with portals and agencies vying to get their iPhone and Android apps to the public.
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jaap.nl Offering Rental Listings

The number two ranked property portal in The Netherlands, jaap.nl, is to begin offering rental listings in addition to sales.
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The Future: iPhone Apps, Mobile Sites and Android

As we’ve reported before, major property portals across the globe are involved in an iPhone app war. Take US based zillow.com for instance and its record breaking iPhone app. But there’s also the issue of the more general mobile websites, and the Android market, which portals are starting to get involved in.
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jaap.nl Merger With brixter.nl

A blog post from Netherlands based property portal jaap.nl has revealed plans to merge with rival brixter.nl.
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