Edinburgh Property News

Great news for Edinburgh Estate Agent Rettie & Co – their website was named ‘Best UK Estate Agency Website’ at the Daily Mail UK Property Awards 2006. Several members of the Rettie Team travelled down to London to receive the award in person.

The judges praised the site for its ease of use, wealth of information and frequent updates, factors which many estate agents overlook when developing their property websites. Over 200 properties are available to view through the Rettie & Co web site at any one time, making it a very detailed resource for prospective property purchasers or renters.

In financial terms, over £100million worth of buyer interest was registered through the site in the week preceding the award.

In addition to the quality of the site itself, the judges praised the huge increases in traffic that the site has achieved over the past year. In terms of search engines, Edinburgh property is a very competitive market and achieving high search engine rankings is a challenge.

That said, traffic has risen consistently over the last 18 months, reaching over 55,000 unique visits per month.

Upper Strand, the Granton Waterfront development created by Edinburgh Property Developer The Burrell Company and The Places for People Group, has announced a great offer for new purchasers: a Free TV and DVD player with every apartment bought.

This follows on from their Christmas offer, which ran along similar lines.

We spoke to Andrew Burrell, the Managing Director of The Burrell Company, about the offer. He said “We want to make sure our purchasers are fully set up from the moment they move into one of our properties. What’s the first thing that someone unpacks when they move house? Well usually the TV. This offer means the first thing they’ll unpack is a brand new TV - best of all it’ll be free.”