An interesting read...

It's official: house-buyers get it wrong

A new book explains that people make terrible decisions about property: even without mortgage confusion and market fears

Click on the link below to read the Times online article...
Once youve ahd a read, please feel free to add your comments on our blog.

Click here to read the article

Dont rely on the Scuttlebutt!

Here at The Bu2iness Towers, we like to inform you guys of everything that we are working on and how we are getting along with our development and projects.

Please take a look at our newsletter below to keep updated.

We are currently working on Volume 2 - which will be ready to read shortly.
P.s - Scuttlebutt means informal rumour and gossip!
We thought this was very well fitting to our newsletter, as we aim to deliver only pure facts and information to our users... (unlike some of our competitors!)

Branded Banners all the way!

We have changed the default website to allow users to upload a full length company banner! Please click on the image above to see a larger image.

Your banner will now be able to stretch the full width of the page with menu links centered to the page and placed beneath your banner, making better use of the space. Please note that if you choose not to update your banner to a full length version then your existing logo will still be displayed but it will be centered to the page instead of being left aligned.

If you are using The Bu2iness Free default website and would like it to look like this then these are the steps you need to take:

• 1. Please prepare a jpeg banner with the following dimensions 794 x 150 pixels (these are the dimensions to best fit this space)
• 2. Login to The Bu2iness and in your Website Settings upload the new banner and save your changes. This change will take immediate effect
• 3. This feature is live now, so get uploading!

A new feature - Expandable History Notes

Click on the image above to see as a full screen!
(we know your eyes aren't that good!)

This morning we have rolled live a new feature "Expandable History Notes" against applicants and properties.

You will see this enabled on the Property and Applicant Summary Pages, next to the headings where history notes are available. There is a "+" symbol which allows you to click and expand the history notes.

So, why have we done this?
We have enabled this feature for two reasons...

1) It makes it easier to scroll through the summary pages to find the information you are looking for.

2) The history notes are only loaded on request which means it helps the performance of the website.

Take a look!

Estate Agent Today have something to say...

Estate Agent Today have made use of some results from a survey we constructed in September- The Estate Agents Anonymous Business Survey. To read the article please go to:

http://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/News/Story/?storyid=1240&title=Agents_slow_to_take_up_free_portals&type=news_features

Drum Roll Please...

Guess what?! The Bu2iness has been nominated and short-listed for one of the very prestigious Negotiator Awards- 'Estate Agents Innovation Award'.

The awards ceremony is being held at the Park Lane Hilton on 11th of November, so fingers crossed and we'll keep you posted!

Agency Expo...

Here at The Bu2iness we are recovering from the Agency Expo and we're busy arranging meetings with lots of prospective business deals, exciting times!

Our CEO Charlie Wright hosted 2 seminars on the day- one on how to cut IT costs and become more efficient, and one on Agency 2013- a predictive glimpse into the future of the Estate Agency Industry. The discussion panel for the second seminar included Peter Bolton Kind, CEO of The NAEA, Lucy Pendleton, MD of James Pendleton Estate Agents, and Dan Lee, MD of Globrix. The seminar was chaired by Bob North, columnist for Estate Agency News.

If you would like any information on the two seminars, please email its@thebu2iness.com and we will send you a copy of the presentation.