Rightmove’s CEO Nick McKittrick is to retire and leave the company at the forthcoming AGM on 9 May this year, although he will remain until June ‘to ensure a smooth transition process’.…
Read MoreRightmove sends out portal juggling reminder
Rightmove has sent out a reminder to agents reiterating the 14-week rule it introduced in December last year to combat portal juggling by sales agents. The email (see right) reveals a little…
Read MoreVenture capital group that backed Zoopla sells its last ZPG shares
Octopus Investments, the venture capital firm that backed the start-up of Zoopla in 2009, has sold its last stake in what is now ZPG plc, it has been revealed. Its Octopus Titan…
Read MoreProperty dating app for vendors and agents launched
A cupid couple in Lancashire have launched a property dating app for vendors and agents that, they claim, integrates Rightmove with the functionality of dating app Tinder. Husband and wife team Rachel…
Read MoreNALS agents to get free legal helpline and services
Agent members of the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) can now use a free legal helpline supplied by London and South of England legal firm Moore Blatch. NALS says the move is…
Read MoreMore first time buyers being helped by family, say agents
A third of estate agents say first time buyers they deal with are being supported financially by parents or grandparents, according to research by equity release service Key Partnerships. It quizzed 104…
Read MoreBig three portal traffic approaches 200 million visits a month
Both Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) and OnTheMarket have reported record traffic during January while Righmove appears to have stopped reporting its traffic entirely, although total portal traffic to the three sites is…
Read MoreZPG snaps up Hometrack for £120 million
Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has bought Hometrack, the London-based property information company co-founded in 1999 by entrepreneur Giles Mackay, one of the richest men in the UK. Mackay (pictured, left) was Hometrack’s CEO…
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