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![Independent agent signs long-term Zoopla listings deal](/upload/images/shutterstock_246715795.jpg)
Arun Estates has signed a new long-term deal with Zoopla. The independent agent’s 100 high-street branches in the South East of England...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla owner unveils home moving platform for agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2012167742.jpg)
Zoopla owner Houseful has launched Movemnt, described as a national home transaction infrastructure for all property professionals. Movemnt joins the Houseful family...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Homebuilding targets needed as supply slides - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/1%20RVG%20announces%20%C2%A32bn%20plan%20to%20build%205000%20new%20homes%20-%20PIT%20Construction-400x310.png)
A senior agency industry figure has criticised the lack of homebuilding targets after the latest Government data showed a drop in...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Alto to showcase 2023 product improvements](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Agency software provider Alto is set to share an update with agents on what it has delivered in 2023 in a...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Proptech veteran launches index showing seller hotspots](/upload/images/shutterstock_1728918238.jpg)
London and the Home Counties have topped the list of ‘hotspots’ for potential house sales, according to a new Pre Mover...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Alto adds ‘improved features’ to agency CRM](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
Alto has rolled out a range of new features to its software for agents. It takes the number of improvements to the...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla parent company unveils rebrand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Zoopla parent company ZPG’s property division, which includes the portal and agency software provider Alto, is to be renamed as Houseful. Business...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hometrack unveils property listings analysis product for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
Hometrack has launched a property listings data product for agents to help analyse their local market. Powered by Zoopla data, the product...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla launches new 'awkward' advertising campaign](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Zoopla is set to unveil a new 16-week marketing campaign on Bank Holiday Monday, aiming to capitalise on the traditionally busier...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – interview with Zoopla’s Charlie Bryant](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Here at Angels Media towers, we’re always keen to get the biggest names in the business on board for interviews. And that...
03 December 2022
From: Features
![Estate agency veteran joins fast sale firm](/upload/images/library/MergerAcquisition-1-400x310.jpg)
Estate agency veteran Robin Paterson has joined new ‘quick buy” service UPSTIX. Paterson, a former chief executive of Hamptons and managing director...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![New transaction concept could complete a sale in a week](/upload/images/library/HouseSold-400x310.jpg)
A new ‘quick buy’ service has been announced which would mean that sales could be completed in a week, providing a...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Market still upbeat despite dip in mortgage approvals](/img/default/eat.png)
Bank of England figures reveal that in February there were 87,700 mortgage approvals - down from a peak of 103,700 in...
30 March 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
![Stamp Duty Holiday still providing big boost for housing market](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage approvals decreased slightly in December but remain well above pre-Covid levels thanks to the continuing incentive of the stamp duty...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Connells and Countrywide to be test-bed for Zoopla innovations](/img/default/eat.png)
Connells Group, now on the threshold of taking the ailing Countrywide empire under its wings, has signed a five year partnership...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boom still not over as mortgage approvals hit 13-year high](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing market may be slowing as we enter December but the latest snapshot suggests there’s still momentum with mortgage approvals...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![How can agents work with property price data and indices?](/img/default/eat.png)
Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
27 October 2020
From: PropTech & Innovation
![Only half of Zoopla’s branches have taken up ‘free deal’ offers](/img/default/eat.png)
Only half of the branches signed up to Zoopla have taken advantage of one or other of the discount offers made...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![EXCLUSIVE - Agents' Cash Crisis: reduced income until autumn](/img/default/eat.png)
The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Major coup for Zoopla as it hires top research guru from agency](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s leading housing market research experts has been poached from Knight Frank to join Zoopla. Gráinne Gilmore - a...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boris Bounce means buyer demand soaring across the UK](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: what has the last decade meant for the property industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...
14 December 2019
From: Features
![Zoopla announces massive growth plans for 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has this afternoon announced a massive growth programme for 2020 with 120 new staff and expansion in most of its...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and Election uncertainty continue to dampen market](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Order! Order! Bercow to be key speaker at property conference](/img/default/eat.png)
The controversial former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is to be the keynote speaker at a property industry...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your weekly update on who’s moving where](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Hope for first time buyers as affordability improves in UK's big cities](/img/default/eat.png)
The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Southern England facing a year of selective price falls - Zoopla](/img/default/eat.png)
Over a third of homes across Southern England are at risk of suffering price falls as the housing market slowdown extends...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who's moving where in our industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![High-profile ex-Zoopla director joins ‘insight’ firm used by many agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
Mark Witherspoon, well known in the agency industry as the former data services director of Zoopla, has joined the TwentyCi company. TwentyCi...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Northern city house prices storm on as south succumbs to Brexit slowdown](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![London prices show signs of recovery but other cities start to slow](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest moves in and around our industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT. Everyone here let us know about their jobs news by emailing press@estateagenttoday.co.uk - please do...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla rebrands Hometrack index in latest change at portal company](/img/default/eat.png)
The monthly index of house price changes in Britain’s major cities, for many years operated under the Hometrack banner, has been...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![London price falls drag down UK-wide housing market snapshot](/img/default/eat.png)
House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks boss takes swipe at London-centric property industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks’ global chief executive Michael Bruce has taken a swipe at the property and mainstream media for being too London-centric in...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla trials Property Valuation Report concept ‘to win leads’](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla claims a new Property Valuation Report being trialled in nine areas will win more leads for agents. The PVR will use...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla targets agency growth under new ex-Apple marketing boss](/img/default/eat.png)
The ‘new broom’ owners of Zoopla have revealed that Gary Bramall is to be the firm’s new chief marketing officer charged with...
07 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
![Who comes out on top in the battle of the property portals?](/img/default/eat.png)
Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...
17 November 2018
From: Features
![Transactions Trauma - Brits now move house every 19 years](/img/default/eat.png)
New data from Barclays Mortgages suggests Britons are now likely to stay in their homes for almost 19 years between house...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Is London's market recovery underway? Hometrack says yes - in parts](/img/default/eat.png)
An early sign of a possible recovery in the London housing market may be appearing, according to data consultancy Hometrack. It’s just...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Guess how much first timers need to earn to buy in a major city...](/img/default/eat.png)
The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![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
![A quarter of cities 'struggle to match house prices of a decade ago'](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices in a quarter of the UK’s largest cities are struggling to recover to the level they were at during...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mixed messages: transactions slump again but London prices improve](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest transaction figures from HM Revenue and Customs make depressing reading - a three per cent drop between May and...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Surveyors accused of covering their backs by down-valuing](/img/default/eat.png)
The debate over alleged ‘down-valuing’ by mortgage lenders has flared again with one leading agent claiming that surveyors are just “covering...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Watch Out London - other city housing markets are closing the gap](/img/default/eat.png)
Hometrack says other cities are now closing the gap on London in terms of house prices and market value. The latest Hometrack UK...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![ZPG's Hometrack sell-off gets green light from Aussie regulator](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG’s sell-off of the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Asking price reductions on the rise as market loses momentum](/img/default/eat.png)
Property sellers in the South of England are having to accept asking reductions in order to achieve a sale. Data from Hometrack...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla to be sold to US technology funds company](/img/default/eat.png)
There's been a shock announcement that ZPG - operator of Zoopla, PrimeLocation and Hometrack, as well as uSwitch - has accepted a £2.2...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks: ‘We want to grow our business model around the world’](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK chief executive of Purplebricks says his company has ambitions to roll out its business model all over the world. Lee...
03 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![ZPG sells overseas arm of Hometrack to Australasian portal firm](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG has sold the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![London homes now take 17 weeks to sell thanks to market over-supply](/img/default/eat.png)
New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: high-profile housing research guru leaves Countrywide](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the industry’s best known research experts, Johnny Morris, has left Countrywide. Morris joined Hamptons...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![More London woe as annual house price growth hits seven-year low](/img/default/eat.png)
House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the cities where house prices are set to grow the fastest](/img/default/eat.png)
New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - agents and portal people on the move...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today. If you haven’t caught this feature before, it’s a regular Monday opportunity...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Hometrack chief takes over ZPG property division as Mark Goddard quits](/img/default/eat.png)
The managing director of property data consultancy Hometrack, Charlie Bryant, is to lead a reorganised property marketing, software and data division...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![10% price cuts and transactions tumbling as agents prepare for tough market](/img/default/eat.png)
Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...
30 January 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
![What next for property in 2018?](/img/default/eat.png)
What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features
![London is facing 'a drawn-out period of house price realignment'](/img/default/eat.png)
The property consultancy Hometrack says London is facing “a drawn-out period during which there will be a slow re-alignment of house...
28 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![London house prices reach a record 14.5 times average earnings](/img/default/eat.png)
Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London. The price...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: A to Z of the property industry for 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been. Even better, this property-based...
25 November 2017
From: Features
![Major GoCompare investor reported to be seeking higher ZPG offer](/img/default/eat.png)
News agency Reuters says a top five shareholder in price comparison service GoCompare says the firm should respond “positively” if ZPG...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Jostling for position: battle of the property portals continues](/img/default/eat.png)
The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...
28 October 2017
From: Features
![Most London house prices falling in real terms, says Hometrack](/img/default/eat.png)
London house prices are stuck in neutral according to the latest figures from property consultancy Hometrack, which says values in the...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![London housing market may yet become a bubble, warns bank](/img/default/eat.png)
UBS says London's housing market still faces the risk of becoming a bubble - although that risk has marginally eased over...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove amongst most profitable portals in the world, says top analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the most thorough analyses of property portals ever undertaken shows that Rightmove is the world’s most profitable portal company...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![ZPG's latest £80m acquisition - it's the Money comparison website](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG - which already owns and operates Zoopla, PrimeLocation, Hometrack and the price comparison website uSwitch - has acquired the financial...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![London slowdown bottoms out, but only low price growth in long-term](/img/default/eat.png)
Property consultancy Hometrack says London’s 12 month market slowdown has bottomed out with the annual growth rate rising to 2.8 per...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![City house prices rising despite Brexit worries, says Hometrack](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest figures from business consultancy Hometrack shows that house price inflation in the UK’s major cities is likely to reach...
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![ZPG chief pledges to 'never go around an agent' for consumers](/img/default/eat.png)
The managing director of ZPG Property Services says his firm will never ‘go around’ an agent in order to directly work...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Q & A with Mark Goddard, MD of ZPG Property Services](/img/default/eat.png)
Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...
01 July 2017
From: Features
![Competition authority clears ZPG acquisition of Expert Agent](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG, owner of digital platforms including Zoopla, uSwitch, PrimeLocation, Hometrack and Property Software Group, has been cleared by the Competition and...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![London price slowdown beginning to bottom out, claims Hometrack](/img/default/eat.png)
The steep drop in price growth for homes across London is beginning to bottom out according to Hometrack, which says values...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![London average price rises plummet from 13% to 3.5% in a year](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![ZPG reports big surge in agents and listings over past six months](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG has published its half-year figures this morning showing a six per cent rise in the number of agents and a...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![London house price growth slumps to five-year low, says Hometrack](/img/default/eat.png)
House price inflation in London continues to slow and has now reached 4.9 per cent year-on-year according to Hometrack. London is now among...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Independent agents to use 'big data' to fight corporate agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
Senior members of the fledgling Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents group are meeting today to discuss how independents can...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![ZPG's acquisition of Expert Agent called in by Competition and Markets Authority](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competitions and Markets Authority is reviewing the acquisition of Expert Agent by ZPG, parent company of Zoopla and PrimeLocation. A statement...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property hotspots: Manchester, Liverpool and Preston](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...
24 March 2017
From: Features
![London's low price growth throws doubt over market recovery](/img/default/eat.png)
Contrary to some reports suggesting London’s housing market may be recovering, new data from Hometrack reveals the capital’s performance is still...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla makes another big acquisition - this time it's Expert Agent](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has acquired Expert Agent - the latest of a string of acquisitons by the portal. This follows the portal company's...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![London house price inflation at lowest level for 42 months](/img/default/eat.png)
Hometrack data suggests that annual house price inflation in London has fallen to 6.4 per cent, the lowest level since June...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![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
![Express story on Brexit house price boost 'seriously inaccurate'](/img/default/eat.png)
The Independent Press Standards Organisation has ruled that a Daily Express newspaper story - “EU Exit Boosts House Prices” - was...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Portal peace in our time](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s over. Done. The only ones interested are those with too much time on their hands. For God’s sake - behind...
04 February 2017
From: Features
![City consultancy says Zoopla to enjoy 'big upside' with Hometrack](/img/default/eat.png)
A City consultancy has issued a note to investors backing Zoopla Property Group’s acquisition of data company Hometrack, suggested there is...
02 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla: Hometrack makes us UK's most valuable property resource](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group’s £120m purchase of Hometrack, announced yesterday evening, is part of its aim to create “the UK’s most valuable...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla buys data and automated valuation giant Hometrack](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group is buying Hometrack, one of the country’s leading property market business consultancies. Established in 1999, Hometrack is one of...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Hometrack's latest index shows more cities beating London](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest assessment of major UK cities’ housing markets by property consultancy Hometrack shows more locations overhauling London in terms of...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...
17 December 2016
From: Features
![London house price growth falls to lowest for over three years](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices in London are now rising at 7.6 per cent per year - the lowest figure for 39 months according...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Gap between house prices and average earnings 'nearing record levels'](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing data consultancy Hometrack says the disparity between average earnings and house prices is reaching record levels in certain parts of...
25 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Leeds eyes sustainable ripple effect](/img/default/eat.png)
As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...