Hail Nestorcrats!
In these chaotic times of stock market ups and downs (
good thing my contract stipulates that I be paid in gold bullion), it’s only natural that people are focused on the price of their most valuable asset: their home. A few weeks ago we asked you for
feedback regarding the best way to display house price trends over time. Many thanks to those of you who came forward with your helpful suggestions.
Today we’re pleased to announce the newest version of our house price widget is now live. Using the recently released
Google Charts API (
thanks Google!) we’re able to
Adding the widget to your website or blog is literally as simple as cut and paste. Do a search on Nestoria for any area in the UK and at the bottom of the page there will be a link to ‘House Prices Widget’. Click on that link and you’ll be shown a page where you can get the chunk of code to cut and paste onto your website. Full details can be found on the
house price widget page in our
webmaster tools
Indeed, the first examples of the new widget have already been spotted ‘in the wild’. Here’s a screenshot from
Lavenderhill.co.uk, a site, as the name suggests, about the
Lavender Hill area of South London:
Of course, if you are traditionalist, you’ll be very pleased to know that we continue to support the original house price widget format, as seen here:
and for those who disagree with our design decisions, you of course have
full access to the raw data itself via our API.
We are considering rolling out other widget designs in the future, so please do keep
sending us your feedback. Likewise, we’re happy to feature other examples of the widget in the wild. Let us know.
Best of luck to all of you in these uncertain times (hint: buy gold!).
