Website Eye

Posted on August 06, 2006 by Contributing Author

London-based zoomf.com just launched new UK Property Search Engine. Currently the website features real estate listings only in London area but the company plans to add other British cities soon. Their web application is based on Google maps and allows navigating London streets and seeing prices for listed properties. Clicking on the name of a town or a neighborhood brings up menu of properties for sale and for rent. It’s easy to navigate on the map and finding houses for buying or letting. Clicking on pictures of featured properties redirects users to real estate agencies’ websites. Visitors can browse by not only by location but also by price, type of property and number of bedrooms and bathrooms. Zoomf.com also allows visitors to create profiles and save them on the website for future visits. Advanced searching features are also available. Visitors can submit their feedback about the site and send their friends a link to the site. Several most popular searches by region are displayed on the first page for visitor’s convenience. Especially convenient is ability to search by postcode. Searching by address is enhanced by autocomplete function that prevents users from misspelling names of towns and neighborhoods. Flashy AJAX interface and use of Google maps technology makes the website look really cool.
Overall, it’s a well-built website that will be extremely useful when zoomf.com will add more properties to their database. The only unpleasant thing that comes from browsing this website is the realization of how incredibly expensive London area is!