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11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Estate agents need to know: How can digital ID tools help you with AML?](/upload/images/1%20Software-400x310.png)
Tackling economic crime is part of the day job for estate agents. But how can the latest digital ID tools help...
12 July 2023
From: Features
![40-year mortgages - should you consider one?](/upload/images/__thumbs/40-year%20mortgages%20-%20should%20you%20consider.jpg/40-year%20mortgages%20-%20should%20you%20consider__400x240.jpg)
It’s a tough old road for today’s first-time buyers, with house prices and mortgage interest rates much higher than they were...
03 June 2023
From: Features
![First-time buyers 'need 20% house price drop'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Half of first-time buyers say house prices would need to fall up to 20% for them to consider making a purchase,...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Marketing blitz from Zoopla to include TikTok - see the ads here](/upload/images/library/TikTok-400x310.png)
A massive multi-million pound marketing blitz by Zoopla starts on Monday. The portal says the campaign will capitalise on what it says...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![ZPG snaps up access to more of the house-buying process](/img/default/eat.png)
RVU - the ZPG-owned company that already owns Zoopla and independently-run price comparison and financial services - has acquired online mortgage broker Mojo...
13 July 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
![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
![ZPG snaps up another price comparison website business](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG, parent company of Zoopla, is to buy another comparison website business, in addition to running its existing Uswitch service. Insurance group...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Working From Home - what buyers want, and where they want to be](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big Three portals accused of abusing agents’ data](/img/default/eat.png)
A free to list portal has blasted Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for using agents' data to boost their profits. Christopher May, chief...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![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
![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
![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
![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
![How can agents make money from TV, broadband and utilities?](/img/default/eat.png)
Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...
09 June 2018
From: Features
![ZPG shares rocket 30% on news of sale to US tech firm](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG shares have rocketed up in value by 30 per cent this morning on the back of a £2.2 billion bid...
11 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
![ZPG's comparison service set to sponsor ITV's Britain's Got Talent](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG’s comparison website uSwitch is to be the headline sponsor of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent. The company says it will use this...
14 March 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
![ZPG refuses to increase its offer for GoCompare service](/img/default/eat.png)
ZPG is refusing to increase its rejected bid to buy comparison website GoCompare. Earlier this month GoCompare turned down an unsolicited takeover offer...
24 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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![Agency modernisation means Zoopla shares 30% below fair value](/img/default/eat.png)
Investment group Shore Capital says the future expansion of digital property advertising means Zoopla shares - despite recent growth - are...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla invests in another PropTech startup](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced that it has invested in a soon-to-launch PropTech startup. The group, which now owns uSwitch and...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla tries to move uSwitch centre stage by link with MoveIT](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group is seeking to integrate uSwitch, its price comparison service, with MoveIT, its agents’ platform for ancillary revenue generation. It...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla seminars aim to showcase Property Software Group products](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group is organising a series of seminars for agent members next month, aimed at promoting products offered by its...
07 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla to allow agents to 'go hybrid' and rival Purplebricks](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla is to offer its members a range of options which effectively mean that those agents who wish to can offer...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Buyers risk 'deposit deficit' if they move from a flat to a house](/img/default/eat.png)
No fewer than 44 per cent of ‘second time’ buyers have no plans to save for a deposit to buy their...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![The current state of play in the property portal market](/img/default/eat.png)
With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...
17 June 2016
From: Features
!['PSG yet to stretch its legs' – analysts report on Zoopla figures](/img/default/eat.png)
Several stock market analysts have published reports on Zoopla's half-year trading statement released yesterday. Anthony Codling of Jefferies – the firm which...
26 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rival agency-software firm says jury's out over Zoopla's PSG acquisition](/img/default/eat.png)
Agency software company Dezrez says the jury is out on whether Zoopla’s acquisition of the Property Software Group will be considered...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![More agents may join Zoopla portal thanks to software deal - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A City analyst says Zoopla Property Group’s conditional acquisition of the UK's largest supplier of estate agency software for £75m may...
20 April 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
![Rightmove and Zoopla now fighting different battles says City analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
The analyst who has claimed that Rightmove may be seeking to ‘embed’ itself into estate agencies’ day-to-day management has now told...
04 March 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
![City analyst senses a change of climate over OnTheMarket](/img/default/eat.png)
The company of City analysts that worked with Zoopla on its floatation says it now senses “a change in climate” around...
03 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla says 'return to growth continues' as it adds another 146 agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has added another 146 UK estate agents to its membership since July, taking the total of UK agents now to...
22 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla offers agents new revenue stream through utility switching](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group, which earlier this year snapped up comparison website uSwitch, is launching a new marketing scheme allowing agents to...
15 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla looking for new London HQ alongside uSwitch](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group is reported to be looking for a new headquarters to house its property portals and recent acquisition, the...
18 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
!['Perfect partner' chosen to work on new Zoopla advertising campaign](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has appointed a new creative agency, Creature, to handle its next round of advertising. Zoopla, handling the process directly, began searching...
11 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
![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
![Big week for portal rivals as Zoopla gives agency update](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla is set to announce its latest total of agent members later this week. Back in May Zoopla revealed that it had...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla on the prowl for new advertising agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The Zoopla Property Group is reported to be looking for a new advertising agency after a clash of interest following the...
16 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![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
![High level backing for 'creative' uSwitch portal deal](/img/default/eat.png)
Investors’ Chronicle, the Financial Times group magazine for private investors, says Zoopla’s acquisition of price comparison site uSwitch is ‘a creative...
06 May 2015
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla wants Tory/LibDem coalition to go on](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla says a Labour victory would be “likely” to lead to falling house prices and rising interest rates and suggests “a...
06 May 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...