Keeping in touch with Property Markets
By Editor • Feb 9th, 2009 • Category: ToolsProperty Markets
Web technology keeps throwing up new innovations to make life easier! The Real Estate / property market is no exception. So say you are interested in French Property then traditionally you visit your favourite website and check the new properties. This can be enjoyable but time-consuming! So alternatives soon became available ….
Websites were quick to react to keep potential customers in the loop via property newsletters or property alerts. Customers could add their property criteria and then receive daily email alerts to receive property details matching their criteria. This still remains a popular service.
Along came RSS feeds and the advent of newsreaders such as online Google reader and FeedDemon (free downloadable software). With these applications, you can add a large number of rss feeds from property sites (and other sites which you are interested in) to the “Readers”. Then within your reader, you can view the latest information from a range of sites without having to visit the individual sites! Can be a great time saver!
Many sites will provide a variety of property feeds – depending on your interest. For example, you can choose a particular region or perhaps a type of property – say, farmhouses!
Widgets: Many sites have produced widgets that can be inserted into webpages but Google have produced a useful service for your iGoogle home page As can be seen in the example below, there are 3 widgets: a) A listing of Latest French Properties, b) Reduced Property Price selection (with photos) c) A search widget which allows you to query the property database to see properties in a particular region and / or price range.
Example widgets to install on iGoogle
Twitter: Twitter has become an almost an overnight sensation. More and more businesses have been using Twitter to build up followings. New ways of using Twitter are costantly emerging. For example, you can elect to follow various Twitters such as http://twitter.com/1st4FrenchProp and you will receive a tweet whenever a new property is added to the main site database.
The choice is yours how you keep in touch with the property market!
Editor is based in England.
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