THE DAILY Echo's property website - www.fish4homes.co.uk - scooped a highly commended in the Best Portal Website category.

Fish4homes is Britain's biggest and best-known residential property website with more than eight million page viewings per month and at least 400,000 users per month.

"We have more than 280,000 properties on the website at any given time. Our nearest competitor on homes has fewer than 200,000," said Fish4homes publisher Gifford Sutherland who collected the award.

"There are 6,000 estate agent offices uploading properties to Fish4homes on an ongoing basis," he added.

Fish4homes has 60 per cent brand recognition among internet users, compared with 28 per cent and 18 per cent for the two nearest rivals.