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And what was the price of Rightmove membership then ?

From: Simon Greaves 29 June 2018 09:03 AM

Not me. Anything that offers genuine competition in the long-running property portal battle and drives rates in the same direction as our fees has to be given serious consideration. Hands up all those who've been able to raise their fees by 10% each year for the last 10 years ? The party is over for RM and about time.

From: Simon Greaves 14 June 2018 09:36 AM

Perfect Storm is hardly the correct analogy.

From: Simon Greaves 24 May 2018 09:26 AM

As you so amply and exhaustively have written on this topic, Mr Shinerock, should we not expect an apology from you, now that in this 3 horse race, OTM are setting its sight on the leader, rather than ZPG.

From: Simon Greaves 10 May 2018 08:50 AM

Well I never. One can learn something new every day!

From: Simon Greaves 29 March 2018 09:23 AM

In other shocking news, an online agent fell off a log.

From: Simon Greaves 09 March 2018 08:25 AM

At the OTM presentation I attended, where we were asked to gauge how we would comply with the One Other Portal rule, all the London based firms resolved to abandon RM and the all the country agents resolved to abandon Zoopla. This spoke volumes about their respective effectiveness in those areas at the time. The subsequent strengthening of RM's position has come from our inability as a profession to coordinate our efforts to resist the remorseless raising of RM subscriptions and support an effort to offer an alternative.

From: Simon Greaves 23 February 2018 15:21 PM

Am I detecting a groundswell of support for more balanced "reporting" ? EAT's colours have been firmly nailed to the mast as regards OTM by comparison to its clients ZPG and this morning's headline story is a welcome, if long overdue effort to regain some credibility. However that won't stop Shinerock peddling his cynicism. Estate Agents need a disruptor to RM and most recognise this. ZPG have not made a good enough attempt to be that portal and OTM may or may not be, but it is currently the next best option. In a free market economy as we have, we have to compete to win business and tailor our fees accordingly. Due to that very competition, sadly, I can't make a c.76% margin on all we do (as does RM at our and our clients' expense). So forgive me for criticising such cynicism shown by EAT towards OTM but for goodness sake, we need an alternative.

From: Simon Greaves 16 February 2018 13:10 PM

Agree with first 2 paras James, but you go off the rails latterly. If there is no prejudice by EAT, explain why the more positive OTM "news items" I referred to were not reported at all ? The success or failure of competitors to RM and ZPG is certainly newsworthy to Estate Agents, who one would presume EAT regard as their target readership. But if such blatant bias and constant harping are to be their modus operandi in satisfying their client base (inc. ZPG), surely, we, as readers, we have the right to object ? Springett's assumed share package (from the AIM listing) was deemed newsworthy to EAT, while EAT was notably silent about Chesterman's, which as I recall, was slightly more at c. £62m. Nearly a third of shareholders are reported to have rebelled against this: was this newsworthy enough ? Apparently not to EAT. Not wishing to bite the hand that feeds them means that one can only expect "fake news" and I never thought I'd be saying that about a British media outlet now that NOTW has gone.

From: Simon Greaves 15 February 2018 10:40 AM

Hysterical! No mention of 100 branch member Arun Estates confirming their membership of OTM then or update in share price? EAT has made perfectly clear its prejudice (while claiming to be a “news” organisation) for long enough. Such unworthy and pitiful commentary from Norwood and Shinerock presented as journalism. Such a turnoff for those keen to read real news. Move on please!

From: Simon Greaves 15 February 2018 08:10 AM

"25,000 estate agencies among its customer base". Interesting to see no qualification/clarification from EAT about this. One would think that in the pursuit of accuracy EAT would be quick to point out that this figure relates to "partner members" rather than agency membership. These "partner members" include those agencies who have not subscribed to the Zoopla offering, or indeed have moved away from them. "Shame on them" you may think, but I feel if EAT is to be considered a reliable commentator on matters affecting our industry, which its selected correspondents rants regarding OTM have seriously undermined, it should re-consider its purpose.

From: Simon Greaves 30 January 2018 10:03 AM

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