Letting Web Business Leads the Way with iPad Technology
Released
on: May 07, 2010, 9:07 am
Author:
Letting Web
Industry:
Real Estate
Lettingweb.com is the first UK property website to announce
the development of an iPad application; to add to its property search
offering.
After the success of the iPhone and great buzz surrounding Apple's newest creation
- the iPad, Lettingweb has decided to embrace this new technology which is certain
to take the UK by storm.
Apple delivered over 500,000 iPads during its first week in the US and has
experienced an overwhelming demand for the newest must-have Multi-Touch screen
tablet computer.
The Lettingweb iPad App will allow users to search for available UK rental
properties in their chosen area with a few quick actions. The unique app will let
property seekers to view the property's particulars, Google map location and see an
album of photos for the property before deciding to enquire directly with the agent.
Users can also forward details to friends or add the property to a shortlist so
there's nothing for them to try to remember either. For the agent, the chances of
receiving an enquiry are also greatly improved as it all happens instantly.
Lettingweb.com's, Marketing Manager, Mr Richard Matthews, said:
"As a technology business we are focused on providing the most innovative and
practical solutions for our letting agent customers. As many home hunters currently
use our iPhone App to search for properties to rent we decided to invest in the
technology to make searching for a property even easier and faster with the release
of the iPad. This should translate to even higher enquiries for our member firms."
"The Lettingweb iPad App is due for release on the App store very soon. So far from
our usability testing days we've had excellent feedback from several groups of home
hunters who have tested the application. This technology is sure to be the next big
thing in the property industry."
Lettingweb's statistics for 2008 and 2009 based on over 7,000 properties every
month, show supply of rented accommodation in the first half of both years
outstripped demand making it a tenants market. 2010 has seen the reverse happen
with demand outstripping supply and as a result rental prices have increased
suggesting a landlord market for beginning of the year, which would go against the
trend for the past two years.
Mr Matthews added:
"If demand continues to outstrips supply and the market gets competitive for the
best properties, home hunters with our iPad and iPhone applications will be able to
access details of rented properties on location quicker which gives them an edge
over others using more traditional methods."
Mr Trotter, senior property manager at DJ Alexander, said: "Accessing websites and
property details via handhelds is the way forward. People expect to see property
details in a user friendly format and this is what this application delivers. This
technology is not a passing phase and those businesses that embrace it and deliver
what customers want will be more competitive in the marketplace."
- ENDS -
About Lettingweb
Based in Edinburgh, Lettingweb.com was established in 1999 and is now the largest
marketplace for private rented property in Scotland with circa 6,000 properties to
rent posted live per month through the majority of Scottish Letting agents (circa
300 member firms). Lettingweb has one of the widest selection of flats to rent in
Edinburgh, flats to rent in Aberdeen,
flats to rent in Glasgow, flats
to rent in Dundee and flats
to rent in Inverness in Scotland. Lettingweb also represents nearly 450 agents in the UK as a whole.
Their website attracts more than 160,000 visitors per month and growing. In quarter
1, 2010 visitor numbers were up by 30% on the previous year.
Lettingwebs primary website www.Lettingweb.com is a letting only property portal
which brings together tenants looking for properties and agents renting properties
on behalf of landlords.
Contact Details:
Richard Matthews
Marketing Manager
Lettingweb.com
14 Albany Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3QB
0131 557 7768
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