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Rightmove.co.uk View site

rightmove.co.uk is the leading property portal for the UK with approximately 2.8 million unique visitors per month. The portal is owned by Rightmove Plc (RMV), which was listed on the London Stock Exchange in March 2006.

rightmove.co.uk was originally launched in 2000 as a joint venture between four of the UK's largest estate agents: Halifax, Countrywide Assured, Connells and Royal & Sun Alliance. It now covers properties for sale and rent across the UK and is complemented by a mapping website, aboutmyplace.co.uk, which provides users with local information on sold prices, schools, and transport. rightmove.co.uk does not list properties from private sellers.

rightmove.co.uk is free for property seekers, who can can subscribe to the website to receive "new listings" email alerts for their search area. Users contact agents via rightmove.co.uk to request further details and arrange viewings."

Along with its UK listings, rightmove.co.uk also lists international properties from locations across Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand. rightmove.co.uk's figures for November 2009 show its overseas section receives 80,000 unique visitors a week and generated over one million overseas property searches a month for its advertisers.

immobilienscout24.de View site

immobilienscout24.de is a giant in the German property portal market. It was first established in 1999 and is part of the Scout24 network of online marketplaces.

The portal covers property across Germany including residential and commercial properties, vacation rentals, overseas real estate, investment properties, housing for seniors, temporary housing and foreclosures.

In July 2009, Nielsen NetRatings figures put immobilienscout24.de unique users 4.4 million for the month – a record for the portal and an increase of 40 percent year-on-year.

enormo.com View site

enormo.com was first established in 2006 and has grown to become the world's largest international database of properties. As of December 2009, it had almost 12 million listings from over 50 countries.

The company says its mission is to create a website where buyers can view every online property listing in every country in the world. It lists properties for sale and rent along with foreclosures, and has recently added a “Find an Agent” section.

comScore put enormo.com's unique visitors at 3,590,000 for the month of February 2009, ranking it number nine amongst the top 10 real estate websites in the world.

realestate.co.jp View site

realestate.co.jp offers both Japanese and English speaking users a comprehensive set of for sale, rental, and serviced apartment listings. By providing its audience with easy search tools and relevant information about the local market, realestate.co.jp is positioning itself as the go-to resource for ex-pat property hunters.

Through realestate.co.jp’s international property section, users can refine their search down to the exact suburb and property type they are interested in, or simply view all available listings in a particular country. Prices are displayed in Japanese yen as well as the local currency, simplifying the decision-making process. Other user tools available on the portal include the ability to sort properties by latest viewed, create a listing shortlist, and save searches for future use.

iproperty.com.my View site

Malaysian market leader iproperty.com.my is part of the iProperty Group family of property portals, which extends across Singapore, Hong Kong, India, and the Philippines.

First established in 2002, iproperty.com.my now boasts over 95,000 active listings and a monthly unique visitor average of 450,000. Along with its website visitors, the portal also reaches 123,000 subscribers via email newsletters and alerts, and provides them with an iPhone application to access listings while on the move.

iproperty.com.my offers property hunters a comprehensive set of tools to find their next home, including searches by map and proximity to public amenities as well as traditional criteria such as budget and land size. Along with the option to display property videos and up to 20 images, its listing pages feature tools such as loan payment and stamp duty calculators, and similar listing suggestions to maintain user engagement.

iproperty.com.sg View site

iProperty Group portal iproperty.com.sg was established in 2007 and already provides home hunters with access to over 95,000 active listings. Its monthly unique visitors average currently stands at 280,000, which places it second in the Singaporean market.

As well as reaching property seekers through its website, iproperty.com.sg is also in contact with approximately 75,000 subscribers to its email newsletters and alerts, along with users signed up to its RSS and Twitter feeds.

As part of the iProperty Group family of portals, iproperty.com.sg is connected to websites in Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, and the Philippines. The portal is focused on growing its audience, and launched a comprehensive marketing campaign involving TV and outdoor advertising in early 2010.

propertyfinder.ae View site

Launched in October 2007, propertyfinder.ae is now the leading property portal in the United Arab Emirates with an approximate total of 120,000 unique visitors per month.

The portal gives home hunters the ability to search listings via a map as well as through traditional search criteria. Its listings include residential properties and land for sale, apartments for rent, and commercial property.

Along with listing property, properfinder.ae also helps home hunters find agents, and offers them legal advice and industry news. Users can also make offers below the advertised listing price and find average prices for property in a specific location.

propertyfinder.ae is run by Swiss Media Group, and its listings power the real estate sections of major websites such as MSN Arabia and Yahoo! community and news portal maktoob.com.

canadahomeguide.tv View site

canadahomeguide.tv is a real estate marketplace for buyers, sellers, renters and investors.

As well as offering real estate listings, the website also acts as a social media tool to engage all participants in the Canadian real estate market, covering everything from architectural services to professional home staging.

canadahomeguide.tv lists rental homes, resales, new homes, luxury homes and recreation properties. The website is currently working to develop partnerships with real estate companies, brokers, agents, home builders and property managers to promote their companies, personal brands and properties.

canadahomeguide.tv was launched in March 2010. Based on current statistics, the website expects to have over 100,000 listings and over 200,000 monthly unique visitors by the end of 2010.

gohome.com.hk View site

gohome.com.hk was first launched in 1999 and has since established itself as a household name in Hong Kong. An average of 214,000 unique visitors use the website to access approximately 73,000 listings every month.

In early 2010, gohome.com.hk underwent a design overhaul and is now engaging its audience through community forums and a greater emphasis on social media. As part of this strategy, gohome.co.uk offers users the ability to share listings with friends via a Facebook integration. The portal’s reach also extends to 31,000 email newsletter subscribers.

gohome.com.hk is part of the iProperty Group family of property portals, which also covers India, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

99acres.com View site

99acres.com is one of India's top property portals. It is owned by online classifieds company Info Edge, which is also behind leading jobs and matrimonial websites.

99acres.com covers residential and commercial property, and has a section dedicated specifically to non-resident Indians looking to invest. The portal also provides users with property and financial news, and allows them to register their specific requirements so they can be contacted directly by sellers and landlords.

In March 2010, comScore figures showed 99acres.com had a 43 percent share of traffic amongst Indian property portals. According to these figures, 99acres.com received over 17 million page page views for the month, and users spent an average of 18 minutes using it to search for property.

privateproperty.co.za View site

As South Africa’s busiest property portal, privateproperty.co.za sees over 400,000 unique visitors per month according to Nielsen figures - more than twice the traffic of its nearest competitor.

Traffic to the portal's mobile offerings is also strong at over 80,000 unique visitors per month. privateproperty.co.za expects the total traffic on its mobile website to overtake that of its web-based portal within two years.

privateproperty.co.za was originally established in 1998 for the For Sale By Owner market. After shifting strategy in January 2009, the portal began including real estate agent listings. It now receives listings from South Africa and Namibia, and offers an international property section. privateproperty.co.za also feeds content to other portals and has a white label product powering many other property websites.

The portal is free for property seekers, who can register for email and sms notifications of new listings, showings, and monthly newsletters. While much of its traffic is from South Africa, five percent of total browsers can be traced to other countries, most prominently the UK, Australia and the UAE.

domavin.com View site

Domavin is one of Russia's leading real estate search engines. Domavin arranges data much like Yandex and Google, but their focus is on real estate. As with traditional search engines, they collect information for sale or lease of real estate property contained in open sources on the Internet, and provide an opportunity to find a complete list of real estate located in one convenient interface.

idealista.com View site

idealista.com is a company which aims to end the anxiety and frustration which nowadays comes from finding a home. Supported by bbk, reference shareholder, idealista enjoys the most complete and detailed database of the real estate market in Spain, since it includes private owners and professionals (both property developers and real estate agencies) supply.

Since it's launch on october 4th, 2000, idealista has become:

• first real estate website in spanish worldwide, alexa.com
• the leading real estate portal in spain, nielsen/netratings, december 07

The idealista database consists currently of more than 300,000 unique listings, which means the highest new development and resale buying and selling and rental supply of property developers, real estate agencies and private owners from the spanish real estate market none of our homes are duplicated and the ongoing updating process guarantees users a complete, fresh and valid supply.

metroscubicos.com View site

Metroscubicos.com is the largest real estate community of Mexico. Every day, our community produces relationships between thousands of commercial buyers and sellers of properties in every corner of Mexico.

• Over 1,000 real estate professionals in Mexico
• More than 35.000 buildings in constant motion
• More than 300 diverse socioeconomic developments
• More than 800,000 property searches per month

According to Alexa.com Web site, Metroscubicos.com is the most visited real estate site in Mexico the clear leader.

Metroscubicos.com began operating in June 2000, and we are confident that time would show the benefits the internet can have on the real estate industry

Our vision is to provide transparency and certainty to the process of buying and selling real estate in Mexico through the use of advanced technological tools. The main value is to keep our independence in the property sector, we have no vested interest in the use of customer information, and are not judge and jury in the relationship with our users.