Company Tag: Zoopla
Record levels of offers accepted as ‘traction’ returns to the market
The number of deals struck outside London hit an all-time high earlier this month, reports Knight Frank, while the gap between asking and achieved prices is narrowing...
Zoopla celebrates as lockdown fee discounts attract hundreds of new branches
Zoopla offered arguably the most generous Covid-19 support package of any global property portal - worth an estimated £30m to agents; it seems to have worked.
Social distancing drives demand for remote property valuations
Zoopla reports that 98% of would-be vendors would now prefer a virtual market assessment to an estate agent's visit.
Post-lockdown surge in property demand likely to be ‘short-lived’, warns Zoopla
"Active engagement" with property listings has jumped to exceed pre-lockdown levels by some 20%, reports Zoopla - but more than four in ten would-be buyers say they have put moving plans on hold...
Housing Secretary turns to Zoopla to address estate agents about lifting the lockdown
Robert Jenrick has penned a blog post for Zoopla to "share his vision for restarting the housing market" with the industry.
Re-starting the housing market: Industry reactions to the easing of the Coronavirus lockdown for the property sector
It will not come as any great surprise that most in the property industry are pleased to be able to get back to work after seven weeks in lockdown.
£82bn-worth of resi property deals are in ‘suspended animation’
Zoopla estimates that 50% fewer homes will be sold in 2020 than in 2019... The current rate of deals is about 10% of the usual March tally - a market more akin to late December than Springtime.
Zoopla predicts a 25% drop in lettings activity – but tenant demand seems resilient
There are "signs of life" in the rental market despite the lockdown, reports Zoopla.
Half of Zoopla agents have switched to free support packages
'The idea of profit forecasts has been largely shelved', says portal boss Charlie Bryant
Zoopla extends Coronavirus freebie offer to five months
Property portal confirms a two-month extension to its free usage period for agents affected by the Covid-19 lockdown.
Property sales have slumped by 70% since the lockdown
Transaction numbers have plummeted since the start of the Coronavirus lockdown, but homes continue to be listed for sale, says Zoopla.