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  • Address search only
    Only property address details are searched - meaning that no contact names, contact details (e.g. phone number/email) or contact addresses are included - this will result in more relevant property search results being returned
    Prior to this release, contact and company details were searched and returned

  • One Only one wildcard* search applied
    Only one wildcard search is used in a search, plus the wildcard is only applied to the end of the search term, this change results in more relevant property search results being returned
    Prior to this release, multiple wildcards were applied throughout the search term/phrase

  • Maximum search result - 50 sales/lettings properties
    Up to 50 search results will be shown for each search type in the menu bar - i.e. up to 50 sales properties and 50 lettings properties - this will result in faster searches
    To view more than 50 search results, the existing Advanced Search function should be used instead
    Prior to this release, 100 results for each search type were shown in the menu bar

  • No archive search
    Only live properties will be returned, archived properties will not be included - this will result in a faster search process
    For archived properties, the existing Advanced Search function should be used instead
    Prior to this release, archived properties were searched for and shown in the menu bar

*wildcard = a special character that represents one or more other characters in a search

Each change is explained in more detail below, including how to access property quick search:
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  • Only property address details are searched

  • Contact/company details held on a property record are no longer searched, meaning no contact names, contact details (e.g. phone number/email) or contact addresses are included in the search

Example

  • Searching using a name will only look at the search term within the property address

  • It will not look at contact or company records containing this search term
    e.g. Wilson is only returned when it is part of a property address

    Property search by name.png
Tip

This change will generate more relevant search results

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Only one wildcard* search applied

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*wildcard = a special character that represents one or more other characters in a search

  • Only one wildcard search is used in a search

  • The wildcard is only applied to the end of the search term (, rather than to every space within the search term/phrase), as done previously

Example

  • Searching for ‘65 Long’ will return results that match ‘65’ exactly and start with the full search term in it plus any characters after it‘long’ (with ‘long’ being the last term within the search, therefore is where the wildcard is applied)

  • Prior to this release, a wildcard would also be applied after the number - for example, searching for ‘6 Long' would have returned the property in the example below, along with ‘61 Long Street, 62 Long Street, 63 Long Street, and so on) - now, searching for '6 long’ will only return properties that contain '6 long’ at the start of the search term

    Property search partial address.png
Tip

This change will generate more relevant search results

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