Rightmove commands the top 50 portals

The latest figures from internet traffic analyst comScore show that Rightmove is continuing to maintain its domination in the property portal stakes.

The figures are also remarkable for showing that newcomer PropertyIndex has leapfrogged up the rankings ahead of Globrix, also for revealing the popularity of house price websites, and for highlighting the failure of private house sale websites to make a dent.

Only three agent-free specialist websites, Spare Room and Easyroommate and www.moveonin.com – which find tenants and roommates ¬– are listed.

The new comScore figures for the property websites in November show Rightmove easily in first place, followed by FindaProperty, Propertyfinder and Primelocation.

No surprises there, but mystifyingly, behind the top four most visited sites, comes an Australian portal, sister to Propertyfinder. This could suggest that an enormous number of Brits are interested in a new life down under, but other explanations are welcome.

However, it’s worth pointing out that in 17th place comes a website for Dubai property, and in 24th, an international portal.
 
In sixth place comes the first of the free listings sites, Nestoria, followed by Vebra, placed well above its consumer-facing portal, Thinkproperty.

Homes and Property, the London Evening Standard’s site, comes in at eight, followed by Trovit, a classified type of portal, whose name is nowhere near as well known as Fish4homes but which it beats into 22nd place.

Two house price websites follow, with Core’s HomesOnView in 12th place and another house price site, Zoopla, in 13th place. This is followed by UK Property Shop, which describes itself as the national directory of estate agents.

The biggest winner appears to be PropertyIndex, launched only last September, and which only two months later appears in 15th place, ahead of Globrix at 21.

PropertyIndec chief executive Lee Bramzell said he was delighted: “We’ve had an incredible response to our ‘no lead, no fee’ business approach, with over 4,500 UK estate agents joining.

“Industry insights such as the comScore figures are invaluable to new portals and will no doubt send a clear message to all estate agents and developers planning how best to market their properties for sale and rent in 2009.”

The top estate agents’ own-site is Foxtons, followed by Your Move

    Total Unique Visitors (000)    Total Visits (000)
    Top property portals    6,595    21,364
          
1    RIGHTMOVE.CO.UK    1,994    7,716
2    FINDAPROPERTY.COM    1,069    1,853
3    PROPERTYFINDER.COM    1,030    1,475
4    PRIMELOCATION.COM    908    1,872
5    REALESTATE.COM.AU    511    625
6    NESTORIA    491    664
7    VEBRA    469    940
8    HOMESANDPROPERTY.CO.UK    300    419
9    TROVIT    285    370
10    HOUSEPRICES.CO.UK    278    618
11    OURPROPERTY.CO.UK    261    322
12    HOMESONVIEW.CO.UK    232    467
13    ZOOPLA.CO.UK    227    572
14    UKPROPERTYSHOP.CO.UK    213    279
15    PROPERTYINDEX.COM    211    298
16    FISH4LETTINGS    190    257
17    THEFIRSTGROUP.COM    181    338
18    BARRATTHOMES.CO.UK    180    234
19    HOTPROPERTY.CO.UK    175    214
20    THINKPROPERTY.COM    172    285
21    GLOBRIX.COM    171    250
22    FISH4HOMES    156    244
23    CHANNEL4 HOMES    141    173
24    SUBLIMELOCATION.COM    130    194
25    SPAREROOM.CO.UK    129    263
26    EXPERTAGENT.CO.UK    128    237
27    ENORMO.COM    121    146
28    HOME.CO.UK    119    146
29    EMAIL4PROPERTY    114    165
30    HOMESWAPPER.CO.UK    111    404
31    HOMES24.CO.UK    111    159
32    FOXTONS    109    157
33    FINDANEWHOME.COM    96    129
34    YOUR-MOVE.CO.UK    93    146
35    FRENCH-PROPERTY.COM    92    178
36    TAYLOR WIMPEY    88    105
37    EASYROOMMATE.COM    83    190
38    HOUSESCAPE.ORG.UK    80    125
39    TIMES ONLINE PROPERTY    80    116
40    NETHOUSEPRICES.COM    79    317
41    HOUSELADDER.CO.UK    75    94
42    LOOK4APROPERTY.COM    72    103
43    REMAX     70    179
44    THEMOVECHANNEL.COM    69    92
45    HAART.CO.UK    68    82
46    SMARTNEWHOMES.COM    67    84
47    ESTATEANGELS.CO.UK    65    72
48    REDROW.CO.UK    65    76
49    MOVEONIN.COM NETWORK    64    93
50    PROPERTYNEWS.COM    63    222