Europe's Largest Property Portal Opens Its Doors to Homeseekers

Properazzi.com - a new property search engine - today launched its free online service to homeseekers across Europe. While still in its infancy, Properazzi already lists over 1.8 million sale and rental properties in over 40 European countries, making it the largest and most ambitious property portal in Europe - possibly the entire world. What sets Properazzi apart from existing property sites is that it is a search engine, aggregating property listings automatically from thousands of websites. Backed by the same investment team that introduced online telephony giant Skype to the world, Properazzi is treading exciting new ground.

Said Yannick Laclau, Properazzi managing director: "We've put a lot of effort into creating this technology and it's great to be launching Properazzi to the public. Not only are we a real search engine, but we're also the first property site that has pan-European coverage. It's a bit like being the Google for properties."

In addition offering a map-based visual interface, one of Properazzi's key attractions is that it allows users to view property information in any European language and currency. While Properazzi is intended for everyone - from students looking to rent their first university pad to seasoned homebuyers - the multiple-language feature will be particularly useful for people looking to move abroad and overseas buyers. Whether looking to view Spanish holiday homes in English, or browse investment properties in Romania in French, it can now all be achieved on a single website.

Said Yannick Laclau, Properazzi.com managing director: "We really want to give people access to information that´s previously involved a lot of work, such as comparing prices across countries in a straightforward way. If I was taking out a mortgage in England, I'd definitely want to know how much bang for my buck I could get if I invested in, say, Bulgarian property instead - even for the sake of just knowing. Features like this offer greater transparency and empower people to make more informed choices. That's what the Web is all about."