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Vendor numbers have slumped by 15% year-on-year, says Rightmove
Portal says Brexit, the looming General Election and weak house price growth have persuade thousands of vendors to postpone their home moving plans.
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Merrrrrry November! Christmas comes very early for one letting agent
Photos for a house to rent in Essex reveal a family keen to embrace the festive spirit but also ensure their home gets rented in the New Year.
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Oz agent reveals eye-watering cost of listing properties on Rightmove equivalent
An Australian estate agent on a fact-finding mission to the UK has revealed the eye-watering cost of listing on property portals in Oz and marvelled at how ‘cheap’ Rightmove and Zoopla are in the UK. The comments by Charlotte Pascoe, who is a high-profile Melbourne agent with a 15-year track record within the Oz industry, will shock agents in the UK who complain about the monthly cost of using UK property portals. Pascoe works as General Manager at Pascoe & Leggo, a 45-branch franchised network covering most of Australia’s key property markets. She says branches in Oz pay between AU$30,000 (£15,800) and AU$35,000 (£18,500) a MONTH to list on the Rightmove equivalent Real Estate Australia (REA). “If you want to do in-portal advertising on top of that it can be an extra AU$1,000 to AU$5,000 a month,” says Pascoe. This compares dramatically with Rightmove’s average monthly fee of £978, although this can reach £1,500-£1,700 depending on the extras agents choose to pay for. During the interview with Chris Watkins, she describes REA as a ‘cash machine’ that would make even Rightmove blush, and that Oz’s answer to Zoopla, Domain, charges around AU$4,000 a month for agents to list on its…
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Rightmove referred to advertising watchdog over London Underground posters
ASA says claims by three complainants that 'every second someone contacts an estate agent about a home on Rightmove' were not misleading.
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Interview: Founder of new hybrid explains how he outfoxed his bigger competition
Founder of HouseFox.co.uk Neil Urch says his mix of traditional and hybrid models has delivered profitability in just 18 months, unlike other hybrids.
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Revealed: the losers and winners on the high street for Google searches
Research by a leading digital marketing agency has revealed the high street estate agency winners and losers in the battle to corner the market for Google searches. The report is from MediaVision, which works for several big names in the industry including Rightmove, Douglas & Gordon, Bidwells, Lambert Smith Hampton and Kay & Co. “As a digital agency, we often get asked about key metrics to measure the effectiveness of a client’s broader marketing strategy, and we feel that brand demand is the best metric available,” says its CEO Louis Venter (below). “Put simply, brand demand is the volume of people that Google your brand on a monthly basis.” His company’s report shows that Savills remains the most searched property estate agent in the UK at 74,000 searches followed by Knight Frank, Foxtons, Hamptons, haart, Winkworth, KFH, Carter Jonas and Century 21. But some well-known names have also waned significantly in popularity online including John D Wood (21% down on 2018), Strutt & Parker (-21%), Marsh & Parsons (-12%), Currell (-21%), MyLondonHome (-38%), Harrods Estates (-24%), Haus Properties (-24%), Hotblack Desiato (-49%) and Goldschmidt Howland (-24%). Small and medium-size estate agents who don’t appear on the list shouldn’t worry unduly;…
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Letting agent apologises after listing ‘prison cell’ apartment
A letting agent in Brighton has apologised after posting an ad on Rightmove that showed a one-bedroom apartment in the city available for rent with a toilet situated a few metres from its bed. The listings appeared on Rightmove a few days ago and was spotted by an eagle-eyed local house hunter who then posted the picture on social media. “It’s disgusting. I saw a listing for a flat in Brighton that charges £1,000 a month for a toilet in the same room as a bed. I just want this to be known because it’s unacceptable,” the anonymous house hunter told local media. The listing led to a minor ‘Twitter storm’ during which people commented on how its combined bedroom/toilet resembled an ‘upmarket prison cell’. Feeling flush? Local agent Mishon Mackay had uploaded the pictures of the property to Rightmove. It is on Guildford Road in central Brighton near the city’s train station. The agent’s portal listing advertised the property as having a ‘fantastic size bedroom with a double glazed window to [the] front and en-suite wet room area’. “We are aware we made an error on a property listing,” a spokesman from Mishon MacKay told The Evening Argus, adding…
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Guest Blogs
In his own words: why James Pendleton boss is happy to be kicked off OnTheMarket
Lee Pendleton provides the fascinating backdrop to his run-in with OnTheMarket and why he'd be happy to pay for its service if the figures added up.
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24% of landlords planning to reduce their porfolios, claims Rightmove
Portal says tenant fees ban and tax relief reductions are to blame for landlord jitters, which has pushed up rent increases to four-year high.
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Competitions warns lettings agents about use of ‘No DSS’ adverts
CMA has said in a strongly worded clarification that properties can only be advertised if a landlord's mortgage contract specifically prevents benefits claimants.
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