General Accident Property Services are a successful real estate organisation based in the UK with hundreds of branches around the country.

Recently they completed a multi-million pound investment in new IT infrastructure to connect their offices. A large part of this investment was been the development and introduction of their new "Preview" system.

Essentially Preview is a property management database. It contains details on all properties the company has "on their books" and makes those details accessible to all other offices. This lets estate agents instantly match properties against buyers requirements, saving buyers time and effort.

Perhaps the most important aspect of Preview is that the database contains photographs of interiors and exteriors of properties. This greatly cuts down on the number of properties that a buyer has to view in person, as they can quickly disregard properties they see are unsuitable. This provides great time savings for agents and buyers alike.