What is Property4Media?
Property4Media is a social network uniting journalists and PR professionals across the property industry. With offices in London and Sydney, we are the media’s key route to sourcing property news and issuing requests for information, and PRs’ prime channel for building relationships with the property media and maximising ROI from campaigns.
Brands using Property4Media
Press Releases
Featured on News Alert emails and showcased within press centres.
Press Centres
Subscribers’ releases, images, video, corporate backgrounders, contact information and more.
Image Libraries
Banks of high-res, pre-captioned images for media use, tagged for search optimisation.
My Network
Connect and communicate with registered users, with latest updates featured on News Alerts and in the site.
My Community
Pitch ideas, invitations and story angles through a single message. An unrivalled route to generating media attention.
Journalist Alerts
Breaking requests from journalists needing information for their stories.
Calendar
Key event dates and details from across the industry.
Property4Media covers all elements of the property sector including:
Residential Property • Commercial Property • Online Property • Overseas Property New Homes • Construction • Estates/Land Renting/Letting • Planning • Environment Professional Services • Financial Services • Associations • Publishing/Events
The SIX Magic Reasons To Use Property4Media
If You’re a PR Professional
- We’re the media’s key route to property news
- Over 2500 journalists across the media spectrum are registered, from national newspaper and magazine property editors to broadcast, trade and online reporters
- Journalists get breaking property press releases from our News Alerts
- The media uses the site to research news, information, images, and contact information from the press centres of over 1000 brands across the property world
- We issue over 2000 Journalist Alerts a year, from reporters seeking information, images and comment to complete their property stories
- Our social networking and messaging functionality allows PRs to build relationships with journalists, and pitch ideas to our entire media community, creating a whole series of new routes to property coverage.
If You’re a Journalist
- We’re the key channel for property news and media contact information across the entire property sector
- Over 1000 PR representatives are registered, representing every type of company from estate agencies to developers, overseas property brands to commercial property players
- We give the media fingertip access to news, images, backgrounders and contact details from over 1000 property brands
- Our breaking News Alerts contain the industry’s latest press releases, images, contact updates, PR pitches, calendar events and more
- Our Journalist Alert service enables reporters to source specialist information to help them complete articles
- Our social networking and messaging functionality allows the media to build relationships with PR professionals across the property industry
Just Some of the Media Titles Using Property4Media
BBC Good Homes
Build It
Builder Magazines
Channel4
Christie’s International Real Estate
Construction Now!
Country Life
Daily Express
Daily Mail
Escape from London
Estate Agent
Today Estates
Gazette Europroperty
Evening Standard
Expat Investor
FT
Grand Designs Magazine
Home Improvement
Homebuilding & Renovating
Ideal Home Magazine
Irish Property Buyer
Landlord & Buy-to-Let Magazine
Living France
Living-in-France.com
London Magazine
Lovemoney.com
Mail on Sunday
MailOnline
Manchester Evening News
Metro
Money Observer
Moneyweb
Mortgage Finance Gazette
Mortgage Solutions
National Geographic Traveller
New York Times
On The Ladder
OPP (Overseas Property Professional)
Period Living magazine
Primelocation
Property Forecast
Property News
Property Weekly
Readers Digest
Retiremove
Selfbuilder & Homemaker
Shares magazine
Sunday Express
Sunday Mirror
Sunday Telegraph
Sunday Times Home
Sunday Tribune
The Architecture Biz
The Daily Telegraph
The Economist
The Guardian
The Money Pages
The Move Channel
The Observer
The Sunday Times
The Times
The Good Property Guide
Total investor
What House?
What Mortgage
Your Home
What Customers are Saying About Property4Media
What our Journalists think
“Property4Media’s news page helps keep me up-to-date. And the range of contacts in Property4Media’s network means I can get a message out to press officers swiftly and easily.”
Dominic Connolly, Property Editor, The Mail on Sunday
“There are times when I just couldn’t do it without Property4Media!”
Deborah Stone, Property Editor, Daily Express / Sunday Express
“A fantastic service for hard-pressed journalists which has gone from strength to strength. I have used it ever since I first discovered it 10 years ago.”
Andrea Watson, Freelance Journalist, Daily Express
“Invaluable for case studies, comment, new developments and properties to feature.”
Andrea Dean, Freelance, Metro, Your Home magazine
“Very useful when putting out a Journalist Alert for the weekly Surreal Estate gallery I compile for The Guardian.”
Jill Papworth, The Guardian
“Property4Media is invaluable. I have to source a variety of themed properties each week and it has saved me hours of research.”
Anna Tims, The Guardian
“We have found fantastic properties and experts to feature in our shows through Property4Media.”
Sukh Sahota, TV Freelancer, Double Your House, How to Sell Your Home and Help My House
“I use Property4Media to help with pieces for numerous papers and magazines. I always get a good response and high quality comment.”
Zoe Dare Hall, Freelance, The Sunday Times, Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph
“An instant and reliable source for facts, figures and comment. I can put out a request and reach property professionals across the world.”
Jill Keene, Editor, International Property & Travel
“A great resource for the busy journalist. However obscure my request I generally receive a great response. Invaluable - whether writing for the national, consumer or trade press.”
Ginetta Vedrickas, Property Editor, Metro
“I use Property4Media on an almost daily basis - it is now as much a part of my working life as my notebook and pen.”
Ruth Bloomfield, Freelance, The Times, Evening Standard, WSJ
“It’s a great way of getting your request out there quickly, without having to send dozens of emails.”
Liz Rowlinson, Editor A Place in the Sun
What our PRs think
“Property4Media is an easy and convenient tool to keep informed of journalists’ latest briefs, providing the opportunity to achieve extra coverage and keep on top of trends.”
Olga Scott, Foxtons
“We have used Property4Media for many years. Ut gives us editorial opportunities in and introduces us to new journalists.”
Annette Reeve, Director, Mayfair International Realty
“Property4Media is an integral part of our PR strategy, enabling us to react quickly to journalists’ needs and to be proactive when we have a good story.”
Graham Downie, Chief Executive, Leggett Immobilier
“Extremely useful both for establishing contacts with leading property journalists and for publicising our press releases. The site is an absolute must for all PRs working in the property industry.”
Carrie Frais, Lucas Fox PR
“Property4Media lives up to its name - an effective way to deliver results to both journalists and PRs.”
Marion Hardman, Head of Property PR, Four Communications
“Property4Media is an invaluable tool. We rely on the service every day.”
Communications Manager, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward
“I’ve been delighted with the journalist hits from our press releases.”
Andrea McHugh, PR Consultant, Belvoir Lettings
“One of the essential tools for comprehensive media coverage.”
Elizabeth Tagge, Property Director, Edelman
“We like Property4Media for the profile it delivers us.”
John D Wood & Co
“The calibre of journalists using the service is extremely high which makes it so valuable!”
Julia Brook, Group PR Manager, Connells
“We’ve been a member for several years and have found it to be an invaluable part of our PR process.”
PR Manager, Barrasford & Bird
“An invaluable tool in our media relations programme.”
Group PR Manager, Bellway
The Team at Property4Media
Henry Hemming | CEO
Henry is the CEO and founder of News4Media and launched Property4Media and Homes4Media in 2005. Collectively the two sites have amassed a registered audience of over 10,000 users.
He’s also Managing Director in the UK for TravMedia (UK) Ltd, News4Media’s sister company at its London headquarters, which operates TravMedia.com and Food4Media.com in the UK, under license from TravMedia.com PTY Ltd.
Henry is a former journalist with over 25 years’ experience of the PR agency world, journalism and news distribution, and is a recognised communications expert. He lives in Sussex and is fascinated by historic industrial architecture, but is equally enthralled by the buzz of a modern metropolis.
James Smith | Business Development Manager
James is the Subscription Sales manager for Property4Media Media Marketplace and the Property Press Awards.
He joined the team after 8 years working in areas as diverse as shipping and renewable energy, via financing satellite launches.
As with any good farmer's son he loves getting out into the countryside, and is always on the lookout for the perfect place for a small holding (ideally inside Zone Six!)
Alan Greenhalgh | Marketing Manager
Alan is Marketing and Content Executive of Property4Media.
Alan joins Property4Media from a leading commercial property consultancy in London, where he won Investment Agency Blog of the Year in the Property Division Awards. He has also been featured on Sky Property TV where he was interviewed about his digital property journey, communicating his firm belief that content and community are king.
In addition to having working in property for many years, Alan has a strong media background. He was a features journalist at the Sunday Mirror for five years, and worked in financial PR and a creative digital media agency.
Having gained a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management and having worked in Moscow, Mexico, Dubai and Istanbul, Alan has a wealth of international business experience with companies such as Mars and Informa.
In his spare time he writes a lifestyle blog and is saving up for a Hausmann-style French Chateau.
Becky Sage | Senior Content Editor
Becky is the Senior Content Editor for Property4Media. With a first-class degree in English, she’s no stranger to the world of words. Since graduating, she has gained experience in copywriting for the ecommerce sector and is looking forward to making property her business now.
She is a huge fan of mews properties, particularly if they happen to host a furry friend or two. Borderline obsessive about formatting and spelling (among other things), she is committed to finding the best content for the Property4Media community.
Property4Media is owned by News4Media, a UK-based company which also operates Homes4Media.com. News4Media operates Property4Media and Homes4Media in the UK and Australia, and its websites run in parallel with TravMedia.com and Food4Media.com, portals owned by TravMedia.com Pty Ltd.
Get in Touch with Property4Media
London Office
207 Waterloo Road
Waterloo House
London, SE1 8XD, UK
Email news.desk@property4media.com
Tel +44 (0)203 440 8911
Sydney Office
Suite 603, 22 Market Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia