Crucial period for property portal begins as its attempts to persuade 'freebie' customers to start paying £337 a month for its service.

Challenger portal also suggests its expansion efforts have helped reduce Zoopla's total listings by 4.2% year-on-year.

OnTheMarket (OTM) has claimed this morning that a minor rebellion is underway against Rightmove among independent estate agents fed up with the 20% or more hike in fees introduced this year by…

TV advert originally revealed last year returns to TV with its chirpy Chas & Dave soundtrack.

CEO says agents listing on OTM first is driving rapid growth in the number of people who have signed up for property alerts, which has now passed 1m mark.

Several hundred thousand new shares have been issued this morning by the portal to be distributed to several agents.

Portal reveals that one of its agents in Scotland has quit Rightmove after signing a three-year deal with OTM.

20 years ago, the first property portals arrived. Many more followed – and disappeared. Now, says Andrea Kirkby, three giants battle for business and stock market position.

OTM says its new Market Appraisal Report tool will enable member agents to rely less on the other portals for intelligence when preparing to pitch for an instruction.

Briefing document makes claim as portal's CEO claims it has been instrumental in reducing Rightmove's average number of leads generated per branch.