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Nuroa

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Nuroa
Type of site
Search engine
Available inSpanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, German and English
Created byOriol Blasco
Gary Stewart
URLwww.nuroa.co.uk

Nuroa is a vertical real estate search engine that displays real estate offers available on the internet for rental, sale and sharing of property including holiday rentals.

History

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Nuora was founded by Oriol Blasco and Gary Stewart in 2006. In August 2007, the project was presented at the Essential Web 2007 conference[1] in London.

Between September 2007 and 2009, Nuroa launched in several new markets including;

  • Spain,[2] winning Red Herring Europe Award.[3]
  • Germany[4]
  • In 2009, Nuroa expanded globally, reaching 15 countries, adding Italy, Portugal, France, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico, Chile, Brasil, Argentina, Australia, and the United States.[5]
  • In 2016, Nuroa was acquired by Mitula Group, a classifieds vertical search, when was operating in United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Australia, Peru, Colombia, Spain and Portugal.
  • In 2019 became part of Lifull Connect after the acquisition of Mitula Group by Lifull
  • In 2022 Nuroa operates in 26 countries, adding United Emirates, South Africa, Ecuador, Venezuela, Morocco, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan and India to already existing markets

Data

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  • 30 million ads - October 2014
  • 2 million users - September 2014
  • 15 countries - October 2014
  • 3 main products : Sale-Rent-Share-Holiday rentals

Criticism

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The results depend on the accuracy of the original listings, which are often poorly maintained or out of date, yet are still being displayed.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Gary Stewart and Oriol Blasco of Migoa, search engine for cars, jobs and property". 8 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Nuroa, el buscador inmobiliario de Migoa". 26 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Red Herring Europe Award". 20 March 2007.
  4. ^ "Gary's presentation at DEMO Germany 2007 - the launch of nuroa.de". YouTube. November 2007.
  5. ^ "About Nuroa".
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