After all of my complaints here and the addition of several "lovely" new ad blocks in my local area, finally, someone has actually created one that looks nice - see right.
It's tasteful, it doesn't glow or spin or bob up and down, and it's actually useful as well - go inside and click on the computer screen and you get an up-to-date list of other property for sale in the local area. I hope that it will be the wave of the future, only a lot of people seem to think "the future" means "glows and moves around and has the design quality of a home page circa 1996".