Announcement comes just six months after it committed to Boomin and two years since it re-joined Zoopla after leaving for OTM.

As Zoopla comes under pressure from the upstarts, Nigel Lewis asked its executive team, Charlie Bryant and Andy Marshall, just how they are fighting back.

Two organisations have a long track record of doing deals including, this time, Connells' commitment to try out Zoopla's new tech.

Zoopla is just 1,000 branches short of Rightmove's total, its latest published list of agents reveals.

Portal has teamed up with FocalAgent to offer both 2D and 360-degree virtual viewings to buyers.

Portal says it has also increased the proportion of agents on longer-term contracts from 23% to 84% during the pandemic.

The portal is to offer Iamsold's 'modern method of auction' service to its member agents and hopefully kick-start greater adoption of auctions among vendors.

Portal says agents who want to take up the deal now can still get the full nine-month free listings benefits.