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Zoopla!’s grand designs
Welcome to the Zoopla! blog
We’re delighted to be adding another channel for communicating with our customers – consumers, agents and all others with an interest in Zoopla! – as we continue to expand and innovate within the property market. In 2008 we focused on getting the business up and running, growing our team and developing the product. In a short period of time we:
- offered users FREE access to instant value estimates and sold house prices
- let buyers show interest in any UK home and owners test interest through TemptMe!
- created an environment where anyone can ask/answer questions about homes
- saw our user base grow significantly to over a million visits per month
- received over a million data contributions to our website from users
- won the First Tuesday award for the UK’s Most Promising Internet Company
- won the Web User magazine gold award for Best UK Property Website
We now list tens of millions of data points relating to home characteristics and property sales across the UK allowing our algorithm to estimate the current value of any UK home with impressive accuracy, especially during a uniquely turbulent market. Customer feedback has also been overwhelmingly positive so thank you to all who provided it.
So far in 2009 we’ve already enjoyed some exciting highlights. We have:
- raised £3.75m in venture capital to continue to develop our service
- added a further 5 million Land Registry sold house prices stretching back to 1995
- launched hundreds of thousands of listings of properties for sale and to rent
- helped users find local agents to assist them in the transaction process
- grown our audience to become the 5th most visited UK property portal
So what can you expect from this blog? From time to time we’ll update readers on new site features as they’re launched, draw your attention to interesting trends and statistics within the site, offer thoughts on issues pertinent to the UK property market and give you the inside track on developments within the business. So whether you prefer to stay in touch by registering for our monthly newsletter, following us on Twitter or keeping an eye on our blog, we hope that you continue to enjoy Zoopla!’s unique approach to online property.
Finally, if you have any feedback for us or ideas for how we could improve our service, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
