Jan
26
Citylets Publishes Strong Results For 2011
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Citylets published strong results for 2011 with visitor traffic up 22% on 2010 (source: Google Analytics) representing a full 200% rise on 2007. Enquiries to agents also rose by 21% (source: Citylets internal data).
We’re delighted to have maintained our strong growth trajectory of recent years operating in broadly the same geographies as 2010 and we are confident these results reflect not just a growth in the rental market, but a growth in our market share.
Traffic to Citylets is now 3 times what it was just 4 years ago (source: Google Analytics 2007-2011)
According to Experian Hitwise, Citylets averaged rank 74 in the property category (based on UK visits) in 2011, higher than any other dedicated residential letting site. Citylets was also the only site in its genre to maintain a top 100 position throughout the year & was regularly the most visited lettings site in the UK.
Agent offices on site (Scotland & N Ireland) grew 12.5% from the previous year. Interestingly, just over half of all Citylets’ Scottish clients are not subscribed to Rightmove. Citylets MD, Thomas Ashdown, commented:
“Rightmove may be the UK’s overall biggest site, however in Scotland Citylets is the clear market leader for letting agents with 54% of clients not subscribed to Rightmove. In major cities like Edinburgh and Dundee, that increases to 85% and in Aberdeen it’s currently 65%.
“These figures suggest that in urban Scotland, Citylets attracts the larger audiences relevant to our local clients. Indeed the figures seem to underline the fact that property markets are predominantly local and it is local presence that counts, not over-arching UK visitor numbers.”
Dec
21
Sponsoring Edinburgh’s Hogmanay
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We are delighted to announce that Citylets.co.uk will be supporting this years’ Edinburgh Hogmanay as an event sponsor.
We will have a branded presence throughout Princes Street and at The Concert in the Gardens on the night and positioned in areas to be covered by the TV cameras. The BBC, SKY and STV will all be covering the event including the world famous midnight firework display above the castle.
This years’ Concert in the Gardens headlines with Primal Scream covering their 90s classic album, Screamadelica.
This is our most exciting event sponsorship to date which should deliver our brand to a wide audience.
We know what we’ll be doing on New Years’ eve, but whatever you’re up to…have a good one- Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from all here at Citylets!
Sep
1
Record Traffic for Citylets.co.uk
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August is traditionally our busiest month of the year and this year was no exception with visitor traffic to citylets.co.uk at a record high- three times that of Aug 2007 & maintaining the growth trend set in Q1 of this year. Traffic was up 21.4 % on March 2011 when the previous monthly record was set and up 24.3% on August of last year (source: Google Analytics).
Aug
4
Citylets.co.uk Now On Android
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Citylets.co.uk has become only the second major property portal in the UK to embrace Android, the Google powered Smartphones.
The Citylets Android app is available on a wide range of phones such as Samsung, Sony, HTC and LG. Collectively, with our top rated Apple iphone app, it means Citylets has gone truly mobile.
Android powered Smartphones are the market leader in the US and with sales now outstripping those of its main (iPhone) rival in the UK, they are expected to take the No 1 spot here this year. As such, we felt it was now a platform we should offer our viewers & we are expecting a healthy uptake in the days ahead.
The key to its success has been its availability through a variety of manufacturers and on a wide range of handsets catering to the full spectrum of the consumer market.
Find out more & download your Free Android App today
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.citylets
Feb
11
The Citylets Belfast quarterly report Q4 2010
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Our Citylets Belfast quarterly report Q4 2010 was released this week and we were delighted with the coverage it received in the media. The Private Rented Sector is playing an increasingly pivotal role in the provision of housing in Northern Ireland and our ongoing monitoring of trends in both rent values and ‘time to let’ is recognised as being of real relevance in a sector that has not traditionally had much meaningful current research.
http://www.build.ie/construction_news.asp?newsid=122718
The overall Time to Let (TTL) for the greater Belfast Area lengthened in Q3 to 56 days which seems to have led to a softening of overall rent values in Q4. Encouragingly though the TTL figures dropped in Q4 2010 to 48 days which bodes well for rental values in Q1 2011.
To download your copy of the latest report visit http://www.citylets.co.uk/reports/
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