Company Tag: Rightmove
Rightmove Chairman offloads nearly half his shares
Less than a week after Zoopla confirmed its plans for a float, Scott Forbes, Chairman of Rightmove since 2005, has sold almost half his shareholding in the company for around £7m.
Biggest ever May rise for asking prices as ‘frothy’ London skews results
The average asking price shot up by 3.6% (+£9,409) in May, says Rightmove; that's the biggest May rise ever recorded (another record), and takes the annual increase to 8.9%.
Asking prices reach new records across the South as averages smash 2007’s high
Asking prices have reached brand new record heights in all four southern regions (Greater London, South East, South West and East Anglia), says Rightmove, after reporting an average 2.
Property supply eases as vendors come to market
"There’s a spring in the step of the housing market" as "the country gets moving" trumpets Rightmove on publishing its latest asking price index.
90% of househunters won’t compromise on location – Rightmove
Nine out of ten potential buyers "say they are not willing to compromise on their chosen location" according to Rightmove, despite 79% thinking that house prices are on the up over the next 12 months.
Rightmove introduces broadband checker
Rightmove has added a broadband checker to its search arsenal.
“Welcome jump” in supply can’t sate demand as average asking prices breach £250,000
Average asking prices have now breached £250,000, says Rightmove, after climbing by 3.3% this month and by 6.
Biggest ever January for househunting as Rightmove reports 500 pageviews per second
All ten of Rightmove's busiest ever days were recorded last month (January 2014), spiking with one big day of over 50 million pageviews - that's more than 500 pages viewed every second.
“Strongest ever start to a new year” – Rightmove
Average asking prices have shot up by 1% in the "the largest ever January rise in the price of property coming to market," according to Rightmove.
2014 is “the year to move”: Asking prices to rise by 6-8%; transactions by 10% – Rightmove
Rightmove is predicting that asking prices will rise by somewhere between 6% and 8% next year, as stock shortages continue to plague the market.
Property portal traffic up 64% in 12 months
Zoopla, Rightmove and Primelocation totally eclipse all other UK property websites, according to independent web traffic monitoring firm Hitwise (commissioned by Zoopla).
Brand Slam: Zoopla catches up with Rightmove
Relatively young upstart Zoopla reckons it's neck and neck with Rightmove in the brand awareness stakes these days.