ZPG CEO Alex Chesterman has been given a set of golden handcuffs worth £3.12 million by the company’s remuneration committee. The share options, in which stock in the company is essentially given…

Estate agents will soon be able to automatically sort out the useful portal email leads from the tyre kickers following the launch of a new proptech service. OneDome says its OneLead product…

Zoopla parent company ZPG has revealed that it is to restructure its debt by raising £200 million through a bond or ‘senior notes’ issue. ZPG says the bonds will become due for…

Former Countrywide senior executive Vince Corley has joined Cardiff-based identity verification start-up Credas as a non-exec director on top of his existing role at Nick Dunning Associates, where he heads up its…

Rental deposits protection campaigner and insurance-based scheme operator Ajay Jagota (picture,below) has claimed that £926,000 in deposits has been stolen from tenants during 2017. The figure, which only shows the tip of…

A service that enables sales and lettings agents to make money from short term rentals using prime properties that are awaiting sale or long-term lets has been unveiled. Lavanda.co.uk, which specialises in…

An online property auction has launched that enables agents to sell and rent out homes using a virtual service via its smartphone app and website. Called LetsBid, it bypasses traditional auctions and…

ZPG has published its full-year results, revealing a substantial increase in turnover but smaller than expected profits. The group, which operates portals Zoopla and PrimeLocation, saw its turnover increase by 24% but…

Just one in 25 property portal sales leads turns into an offer, it has been revealed by property software firm Reapit. Its research among 1,000 agents shows that of all the internet…

Portico, a top London agency, has launched an Interactive Rental Yield Map, which they say, is “a really cool tool to give landlords an idea of potential income at the click of…