Company Tag: Zoopla
Zoopla’s tech hiring spree continues
Private equity-owned property portal and proptech firm has recruited new faces to its product and tech teams from Auto Trader, Azimo, Babylon Health and Starling Bank.
‘No sign of a slowdown’ as Zoopla predicts 2-3% property price growth this year
The average "time to sell" a home has fallen by almost two weeks (31%) since lockdown restrictions were lifted, compared with the same period 12 months prior.
How did past recessions affect UK house prices? Comparing downturns, 1960-2020
"The ‘once in a lifetime’ re-evaluation of housing requirements on the back of the lockdown will be a counterweight to the impact of the recession on housing market activity over the rest of 2020,"…
Zoopla parts company with the ESTAS after ten years
Estate agency awards firm is looking for a new headline sponsor.
Property portals launch new marketing offensives
Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket are launching major advertising campaigns to capitalise on the resurgent post-lockdown property market.
London leads national drop in rental price inflation
Rental price growth in London has tumbled as Covid-19 drives supply up and demand down, reports Zoopla. The portal expects rental growth outside the capital to halve to +1% by the end of this year.
Zoopla goes on another hiring spree to boost tech team
Property portal and PropTech firm is looking to recruit 50 new staff in London.
Lockdown-induced flight from cities is ‘overstated’, says Zoopla
Any increase in demand for country living over urban location is likely "to be a one-off factor rather than a long-term ‘seismic shift’ in consumer attitudes," says Zoopla.
Stamp Duty holiday drives instant property portal activity surge
Record levels of traffic and enquiries were recorded on the major property portals following the Chancellor's SDLT tax cut announcement.
Industry Reactions: Property sector welcomes Sunak’s Stamp Duty holiday
It'll come as no surprise that most estate agents and property developers are quite delighted with the temporary raising of the Stamp Duty threshold to £500k, as announced by the Chancellor in a "mini…
Half of homeowners have ‘reordered their priorities’; one in seven have cancelled plans to move home in the next year
A survey by Zoopla has revealed that one in seven (14%) of those who were planning to move home before the pandemic hit have cancelled or paused those plans for more than a year.
Demand surge to prop up house prices for the next few months, but the post-lockdown bounce is already slowing
"The surge in demand for property is expected to delay house price falls, pushing them towards the end of 2020," says Zoopla, as it forecasts that annual price inflation will be sustained at 2-3% for the…