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Business models for online real estate

Perspective: From Property Portal Watch

By Simon Baker, Thursday, September 4, 2008.

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Editor's note: The following post is from Property Portal Watch, a site that offers information about property-search portals around the globe.

When looking at property portals around the world, there are various financial models that are being chased. Each of these models are discussed below. The models that are truly delivering returns to the operators are the Subscription Model and the Pay Per Listing Model.

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