Is there a better web site to search properties to buy? 3 May at 3:11PM in House Buying, Renting & Selling 40 replies 1.8K views

WoozieSioux_tse

But this is a fairly new platform. They do have a marketing campaign on TV at the moment and a number of estate agents are already signing up to it. I'm not saying it's necessarily the best at the moment because it's still not as well established as Rightmove, but it's got some interesting features that might be useful for people that are getting fed up with Rightmove's clunkiness....

AdrianC

WoozieSioux_tse said:

But this is a fairly new platform. They do have a marketing campaign on TV at the moment and a number of estate agents are already signing up to it. I'm not saying it's necessarily the best at the moment because it's still not as well established as Rightmove, but it's got some interesting features that might be useful for people that are getting fed up with Rightmove's clunkiness....

So long as you're happy to only choose from one third of properties on the market.

ts21

To be honest I've found that wider criteria are better and you just check each property yourself, but I guess it depends on the volume of listings in the relevant areas. I've found that loads are categorised wrong by the EAs.

WoozieSioux_tse

It's still fairly new. And it's a different way of connecting with a vendor. More people will join.  Maybe some of the other portals will decide to create a similar tool- a bit of healthy market competition? 

Where I am, the estate agents aren't even bothering with Rightmove, by the time they get the property advertised, it's already let/ under offer/ SSTC. And in cases like that, the tool on Boomin is useful because you can advertise before you even put the property up for sale to gauge interest.

steampowered

Zoopla has a very good search function which allows you to draw a map covering the area you want.

You can also search within X miles of a specific point.

pieroabcd

AdrianC said:

WoozieSioux_tse said:

You could maybe try writing your own advert for a property on Boomin. 

Never heard of it.

Which prompts a little test...

How many properties are listed in this county...?

Rightmove - 889 properties
OTM - 726
Zoopla - 648
PrimeLocation - 648
Boomin - 377

Now, if we were to prefer one platform over another because of filtering capabilities...

According to RM right now in London there are 47,368 results. Don't you believe that some proper filtering would help identifying one's relevant properties?

pieroabcd

lincroft1710 said:

pieroabcd said:

excluding boats, 

Are there that many houseboats for sale in a location that they need to be filtered out.


To be blunt, your expectations are totally unrealistic.

It's not rocket science, this is one example abroad. See how many filters you can set? And it's not the only site of this kind.
Of course it depends on people filling in the data correctly, but this is exactly the value that users expect from a dedicated web site.

hazyjo

pieroabcd said:

AdrianC said:

WoozieSioux_tse said:

You could maybe try writing your own advert for a property on Boomin. 

Never heard of it.

Which prompts a little test...

How many properties are listed in this county...?

Rightmove - 889 properties
OTM - 726
Zoopla - 648
PrimeLocation - 648
Boomin - 377

Now, if we were to prefer one platform over another because of filtering capabilities...

According to RM right now in London there are 47,368 results. Don't you believe that some proper filtering would help identifying one's relevant properties?

Who would just search "London". It's 600 odd square miles! Most people know the areas they want to be. Yes, I agree more filters would be useful, but things are not always black and white so I wouldn't want too many filters (despite having a very long wishlist when looking!).

pieroabcd

hazyjo said:

pieroabcd said:

AdrianC said:

WoozieSioux_tse said:

You could maybe try writing your own advert for a property on Boomin. 

Never heard of it.

Which prompts a little test...

How many properties are listed in this county...?

Rightmove - 889 properties
OTM - 726
Zoopla - 648
PrimeLocation - 648
Boomin - 377

Now, if we were to prefer one platform over another because of filtering capabilities...

According to RM right now in London there are 47,368 results. Don't you believe that some proper filtering would help identifying one's relevant properties?

Who would just search "London". It's 600 odd square miles! Most people know the areas they want to be. Yes, I agree more filters would be useful, but things are not always black and white so I wouldn't want too many filters (despite having a very long wishlist when looking!).

In my case I specified London because I don't care where the house is, as long as it has the features that I want.

hazyjo

pieroabcd said:

hazyjo said:

pieroabcd said:

AdrianC said:

WoozieSioux_tse said:

You could maybe try writing your own advert for a property on Boomin. 

Never heard of it.

Which prompts a little test...

How many properties are listed in this county...?

Rightmove - 889 properties
OTM - 726
Zoopla - 648
PrimeLocation - 648
Boomin - 377

Now, if we were to prefer one platform over another because of filtering capabilities...

According to RM right now in London there are 47,368 results. Don't you believe that some proper filtering would help identifying one's relevant properties?

Who would just search "London". It's 600 odd square miles! Most people know the areas they want to be. Yes, I agree more filters would be useful, but things are not always black and white so I wouldn't want too many filters (despite having a very long wishlist when looking!).

In my case I specified London because I don't care where the house is, as long as it has the features that I want.

Then I suggest you limit it down to areas first, unless you're looking for the unusual. I've never heard of anyone saying anywhere in the whole of London before.

You must have things to help you decide!