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Only a tenth of first-time buyers have managed to get on the property ladder without additional support, a survey has revealed. Comparison...

Tackling economic crime is part of the day job for estate agents. But how can the latest digital ID tools help...

It’s a tough old road for today’s first-time buyers, with house prices and mortgage interest rates much higher than they were...

Half of first-time buyers say house prices would need to fall up to 20% for them to consider making a purchase,...

A massive multi-million pound marketing blitz by Zoopla starts on Monday. The portal says the campaign will capitalise on what it says...

RVU - the ZPG-owned company that already owns Zoopla and independently-run price comparison and financial services - has acquired online mortgage broker Mojo...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Connells Group, now on the threshold of taking the ailing Countrywide empire under its wings, has signed a five year partnership...

ZPG, parent company of Zoopla, is to buy another comparison website business, in addition to running its existing Uswitch service. Insurance group...

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...

A free to list portal has blasted Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for using agents' data to boost their profits.  Christopher May, chief...

The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...

Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman - who sold the portal company for more than £2.2 billion to US private equity fund Silver...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

Zoopla Property Group's founder and chief executive, Alex Chesterman, is to step back from day to day operations at the end...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

ZPG shares have rocketed up in value by 30 per cent this morning on the back of a £2.2 billion bid...

There's been a shock announcement that ZPG - operator of Zoopla, PrimeLocation and Hometrack, as well as uSwitch - has accepted a £2.2...

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...

ZPG says it anticipates a strong 2018 according to a trading statement ahead of the company’s annual general meeting today. The firm...

ZPG has revealed its 2017 annual report this morning with a stream of records - 648 million visits to portals, revenue...

ZPG is refusing to increase its rejected bid to buy comparison website GoCompare. Earlier this month GoCompare turned down an unsolicited takeover offer...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

One of the most thorough analyses of property portals ever undertaken shows that Rightmove is the world’s most profitable portal company...

ZPG - which already owns and operates Zoopla, PrimeLocation, Hometrack and the price comparison website uSwitch - has acquired the financial...

The managing director of ZPG Property Services says his firm will never ‘go around’ an agent in order to directly work...

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...

ZPG, owner of digital platforms including Zoopla, uSwitch, PrimeLocation, Hometrack and Property Software Group, has been cleared by the Competition and...

The Competitions and Markets Authority is reviewing the acquisition of Expert Agent by ZPG, parent company of Zoopla and PrimeLocation. A statement...

It’s over. Done. The only ones interested are those with too much time on their hands. For God’s sake - behind...

Zoopla Property Group's estate agency membership grew five per cent and its property listing inventory was up 10 per cent in...

Investment group Shore Capital says the future expansion of digital property advertising means Zoopla shares - despite recent growth - are...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced that it has invested in a soon-to-launch PropTech startup. The group, which now owns uSwitch and...

Zoopla Property Group is seeking to integrate uSwitch, its price comparison service, with MoveIT, its agents’ platform for ancillary revenue generation. It...

Zoopla Property Group is organising a series of seminars for agent members next month, aimed at promoting products offered by its...

Zoopla is to offer its members a range of options which effectively mean that those agents who wish to can offer...

No fewer than 44 per cent of ‘second time’ buyers have no plans to save for a deposit to buy their...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...

Several stock market analysts have published reports on Zoopla's half-year trading statement released yesterday. Anthony Codling of Jefferies – the firm which...

Agency software company Dezrez says the jury is out on whether Zoopla’s acquisition of the Property Software Group will be considered...

A City analyst says Zoopla Property Group’s conditional acquisition of the UK's largest supplier of estate agency software for £75m may...

Zoopla Property Group has confirmed its conditional agreement to buy The Property Software Group, which it calls the UK’s market-leading provider...

The analyst who has claimed that Rightmove may be seeking to ‘embed’ itself into estate agencies’ day-to-day management has now told...

Zoopla Property Group is reporting record figures to the City and claims it has seen “continuous agency growth since May” as...

The company of City analysts that worked with Zoopla on its floatation says it now senses “a change in climate” around...

Zoopla has added another 146 UK estate agents to its membership since July, taking the total of UK agents now to...

Zoopla Property Group, which earlier this year snapped up comparison website uSwitch, is launching a new marketing scheme allowing agents to...

Zoopla Property Group is reported to be looking for a new headquarters to house its property portals and recent acquisition, the...

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...

Zoopla has appointed a new creative agency, Creature, to handle its next round of advertising. Zoopla, handling the process directly, began searching...

What will Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) do if it is overtaken in agent numbers by OnTheMarket?  Does the acquisition of uSwitch risk...

Zoopla is back in business with its trading update to the City this morning revealing that it has a net growth...

Zoopla is set to announce its latest total of agent members later this week. Back in May Zoopla revealed that it had...

The Zoopla Property Group is reported to be looking for a new advertising agency after a clash of interest following the...

Members of Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) who purchased discounted shares ahead of the firm’s Initial Public Offering last June will have...

Investors’ Chronicle, the Financial Times group magazine for private investors, says Zoopla’s acquisition of price comparison site uSwitch is ‘a creative...

Zoopla says a Labour victory would be “likely” to lead to falling house prices and rising interest rates and suggests “a...

Zoopla Property Group is looking for more potential acquisitions following its surprise announcement that it is buying price comparison website uSwitch. ZPG...

Zoopla Property Group has acquired uSwitch, widely considered to be the UK’s leading price comparison website. It also generates high volumes of...