michigan . nestoria type private founded april 2006 headquarters clerkenwell london uk key people javier etxebeste co founder ed freyfogle co founder industry real estate parent lokku ltd. slogan s the easiest way to find property website nestoria.com also nestoria.com.au . com.br . de . es . fr . in . it . mx . co.uk type of site search engine available in english french german italian spanish portuguese launched june 2006 current status active nestoria is a vertical search engine for real estate . in terms of users nestoria is the 5th largest property web site in the uk february 2012 1 and the 9th in spain comscore may 2009 2 . contents 1 overview 2 company 3 websites 4 criticism 5 see also 6 references 7 external links overview edit nestoria aggregates real estate listings from property portals and provides location based search to internet users . results can be sorted by relevance freshness distance and type of property . company edit javier etxebeste and ed freyfogle two former yahoo executives founded lokku limited in april 2006 . lokku is based in clerkenwell london uk . it is equity backed by private investors from uk and spain . the first website brand nestoria uk launched in june 2006 the spanish website nestoria espa a in may 2007 3 nestoria italia and nestoria deutschland in summer 2008 . 4 5 in march 2010 the company launched nestoria australia 6 followed by nestoria france 7 in july nestoria brasil 8 in november 2010 and nestoria india 9 in february 2011 . websites edit nestoria is a case study of google maps api use 10 and of the yahoo user interface library . 11 as a web application hybrid or mashup nestoria geo locates properties on maps and combines them with point of interest of transport schools hospitals and other local information relevant to homes seekers . nestoria as a typical web 2.0 operation co operates with collaborative projects such as openstreetmap open source mapping or geograph british isles photographs . it shares its property data via a web service with webmasters or through co branded property search such as media outlets like the daily telegraph capital nwn media and channel 4 homes tv station . other web 2.0 feature include widgets and a facebook application . the company operates blogs in all the languages it operates in and regularly interviews thought leaders from the realm of internet technology and new media businesses . in addition to the property search engine nestoria s team experiments with usability interfaces and the use of apis in mashups . the team uses the website lokku labs to demonstrate the various public projects that reached the status of launched for general use often in co operation with external developers and designers . 12 in january 2010 nestoria won yahoo s uk application platform competition 13 criticism edit as with other search engines nestoria s search index is as updated and accurate as the data obtained from its sources property portals and websites which in turn are fed from estate agents data . the quality of the search results e.g. if a house is still on the market or already sold strongly depends on the motivation of local estate agents to upload accurate information and to update them regularly . in spain brazil france and italy the real estate market is based on non exclusive contracts between property sellers and estate agents . estate agents try not to disclose the precise location of the homes on the internet . this prevents nestoria from geocoding many properties accurately on a map . see also edit property portal zoopla rightmove propertini nuroa references edit top ten uk property portals comscore real estate nestoria launches in spain internet marketing news and blog e consultancy.com nestoria italia now live rentusiast nestoria expands to germany the guardian nestoria launches in australia property portal watch le moteur de recherche immobilier nestoria arrive en france techcrunch france site de busca de im veis nestoria chega ao brasil exame.com nestoria s property search goes live in india watblog.com google maps api case study yahoo user interface interview nestoria launches mashup yahoo app wins yap with property map external links edit nestoria nestoria property search nestoria blog official uk company blog v t e real estate in the united kingdom real estate economy of the united kingdom companies developers and owners allied london argent group assura group balkan dream properties banks group brent walker british railways property board bruntwood capital & centric cls holdings coin street community builders daejan holdings downing developments goodman uk grainger grosvenor group lexi holdings the maghull group mepc minerva london & associated properties opal property group st. modwen properties sellar property group span developments st martins property group targetfollow the bedford estate the peel group trafalgar house west properties housebuilders barratt bellway berkeley bloor boot bovis countryside properties crest nicholson keepmoat lend lease mccarthy & stone miller muir persimmon redrow taylor wimpey united house property services adzuna alpha1estates atlantis bidwells bnp paribas real estate carter jonas cbre group chestertons ckd galbraith rh & rw clutton cluttons colliers international connells group countrywide cushman & wakefield cyril leonard drivers jonas dtz ec harris edinburgh solicitors property centre foxtons gerald eve gva hamptons international harrods estates isold estate agents jones lang lasalle king sturge knight frank lsl property services nathaniel lichfield and partners nestoria northwood osborne king primelocation regus rightmove savills smiths gore spicerhaart strutt & parker uk property shop whelan commercial winkworth zoopla real estate investment trusts big yellow group british land brixton derwent london great portland estates hammerson hansteen holdings intu properties land securities london & stamford property primary health properties segro shaftesbury plc workspace group industry bodies british institute of facilities management british property federation national association of estate agents law and regulation assured shorthold tenancy building regulations in the united kingdom land tenure in england the property ombudsman right to manage short assured tenancy scotland tenancy deposit scheme england and wales tenancy deposit schemes scotland other council for licensed conveyancers crown estate estate agent estates gazette land agent uk mortgage terminology property retailer property week public estate in the united kingdom category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nestoria & oldid 710031056 categories online real estate databasesinternet search enginesproperty services companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 2006property companies based in london navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view 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