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![PropTech: Zoopla backer pumps millions into Homesearch](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
Homesearch has won £5m new investment from venture capital firm Octopus Ventures - an organisation that has also backed three businesses...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm backed by Zoopla founder launches AML platform](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTechCollaboration-1-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech firm backed by Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has launched a new anti-money laundering (AML) tool for estate agents. Thirdfort has...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla founder has new idea to disrupt how agents buy and sell](/img/default/eat.png)
The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Very few new portals can seriously compete with us’ - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks founders reveal name of new ‘portal’ project](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce have revealed the name of their new property venture. It’s to be called Boomin. There are still few specific...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![New ‘easy moving’ conveyancing app wins praise from Zoopla founder](/img/default/eat.png)
Alex Chesterman, the entrepreneur who founded Zoopla, has given vocal backing to a new conveyancing app called Thirdfort. The app allows conveyancers’...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla founder pledges digital disruption of used car industry](/img/default/eat.png)
The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: a guide to property startups - Part 1](/img/default/eat.png)
All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...
15 June 2019
From: Features
![Zoopla founder reveals what made his portal different - and why it’s purple](/img/default/eat.png)
The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents offered free anti-money laundering compliance roundtable](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry’s leading compliance experts is to lead a roundtable discussion in May on the anti-money laundering issue -...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: a bone to pick with Rightmove and takeaways](/img/default/eat.png)
I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...
19 January 2019
From: Features
![The top 10 property personalities of 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...
28 December 2018
From: Features
![Property Natter – A to Z of the property market for 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features
![Zoopla founder accelerates towards £30m used car idea](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman - who sold the portal company for more than £2.2 billion to US private equity fund Silver...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![ZPG’s Charlie Bryant talks exclusively to Estate Agent Today](/img/default/eat.png)
To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...
24 November 2018
From: Features
![ZPG founder Alex Chesterman to step back from business](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group's founder and chief executive, Alex Chesterman, is to step back from day to day operations at the end...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![ZPG sale to US tech firm expected to complete next quarter](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has confirmed that it expects its sale to Silver Lake to complete in Q3 2018. As part of...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![ZPG claims record January traffic across digital platforms](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG has revealed that it had 58m visits to its property websites, Zoopla and Primelocation, last month. This is 10 per cent up...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![ZPG reports 53m average monthly visits to websites and apps](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG says it anticipates a strong 2018 according to a trading statement ahead of the company’s annual general meeting today. The firm...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![ZPG announces record visits and increased agency membership and listings](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG has revealed its 2017 annual report this morning with a stream of records - 648 million visits to portals, revenue...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Connells in new ZPG deal as portal boss says more acquisitions to come](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG has announced that Connells is the latest major agency chain to sign a long-term deal with its portals Zoopla and...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide renews long-term contract deal with ZPG](/img/default/eat.png)
Speculation that OnTheMarket was courting Countrywide to list on its website after flotation may have suffered a setback following an announcement...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla becomes shareholder in Propertyfinder Group](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced it has become a 1% shareholder in international property portal business Propertyfinder Group (PFG). The organisation,...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla founder in list of 100 key British business disruptors](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG chief executive Alex Chesterman has been named in a list of 100 British businessmen regarded as the key disruptors of...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – a conference wrapped in Guild](/img/default/eat.png)
Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![James Dearsley: One week, two major PropTech developments](/img/default/eat.png)
The first week of February has seen some extraordinary goings on in the property sector, from which two stories particularly stand out...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla reports agency total up 5% and listings up 10% in a year](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group's estate agency membership grew five per cent and its property listing inventory was up 10 per cent in...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla launches dedicated investment channel](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has formally announced the launch of its new 'Invest' channel, which has been designed to provide consumers with the opportunity...
27 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: flashmobs, a Spice Girls tribute band and girls on stilts](/img/default/eat.png)
The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...
08 July 2016
From: Features
![Portals: Zoopla chief challenges Brexit, OTM reports new visits and leads](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla chief executive Alex Chesterman has been revealed to be one of the business leaders behind a legal challenge regarding the Brexit...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla confirms acquisition of software supplier to 8,000 agency branches](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group has confirmed its conditional agreement to buy The Property Software Group, which it calls the UK’s market-leading provider...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Record profits and agency numbers rebuilding reports Zoopla](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group is reporting record figures to the City and claims it has seen “continuous agency growth since May” as...
02 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Video round up 18.09.15 - Watch the weekly news from Estate Agent Today](/img/default/eat.png)
Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Alex Chesterman's...
18 September 2015
From: Video Articles
![Video round up 18.09.15 - Watch the weekly news from Estate Agent Today](/img/default/eat.png)
Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Alex Chesterman's...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Alex Chesterman Q & A: The Results (Part II)](/img/default/eat.png)
Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...
16 September 2015
From: Features
![No penalty for agents returning from OTM says portal chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of Zoopla has pledged that there will be no financial or other penalty exerted on agents who return...
16 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla will never accept private sales and letting listings](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of Zoopla has ruled out allowing private sellers and landlords to list properties directly on Zoopla or PrimeLocation. In...
15 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Alex Chesterman Q & A: The Results](/img/default/eat.png)
Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...
14 September 2015
From: Features
![Three days left to quiz Zoopla's chief executive](/img/default/eat.png)
There are three days left to quiz Zoopla founder and chief executive Alex Chesterman as he steps into the firing line...
09 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![A call for questions from Alex Chesterman and Zoopla Property Group](/img/default/eat.png)
What will Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) do if it is overtaken in agent numbers by OnTheMarket? Does the acquisition of uSwitch risk...
04 September 2015
From: Features
![Exclusive: Zoopla chief to be quizzed by estate agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla founder and chief executive Alex Chesterman is to step into the firing line to answer online questions from estate and...
01 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla reports rise in estate agency membership and listings](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla is back in business with its trading update to the City this morning revealing that it has a net growth...
12 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla launches new nationwide marketing campaign](/img/default/eat.png)
Yesterday we reported Rightmove’s new TV advertisement - today, Zoopla announces the launch of a new national marketing campaign which includes...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![£5m windfall for share-buying Zoopla agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Some 87 per cent of Zoopla members who bought discounted shares in the firm last year have made additional purchases this summer...
22 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Agent Tracker has been recognised at The ESTAS, the biggest awards in the UK residential property industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Agent Tracker has been recognised for its outstanding customer service to its clients by the largest and longest running award scheme...
25 June 2015
From: Sponsored Content
![Eligible ZPG members given opportunity to purchase further shares](/img/default/eat.png)
Members of Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) who purchased discounted shares ahead of the firm’s Initial Public Offering last June will have...
03 June 2015
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla on the hunt for more acquisitions](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group is looking for more potential acquisitions following its surprise announcement that it is buying price comparison website uSwitch. ZPG...
01 May 2015
From: Breaking News
![Portal Leaders' Debate - the invitations have gone out](/img/default/eat.png)
The heads of Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket have been invited to take part in a ‘Portal Leaders Debate’ to discuss the...