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11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
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
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
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
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
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
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 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, 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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 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 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 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 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
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
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 - which already owns and operates Zoopla, PrimeLocation, Hometrack and the price comparison website uSwitch - has acquired the financial...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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 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 Property Group is looking for more potential acquisitions following its surprise announcement that it is buying price comparison website uSwitch. ZPG...