Company Tag: Zoopla
Zoopla embarks on a significant hiring spree
Property portal and technology business Zoopla plans to hire 120 new skilled staff in 2020, taking firm's total headcount to over 750.
London house prices ‘show return to health for the first time in three years’
Property prices in UK cities have risen by an average of 2.9% in the last year, reports Zoopla; the number of London postcodes recording price falls has dropped from 82% last year to 23% in October.
Reactions: On the Tories’ planned Stamp Duty hike for foreign buyers
Rounding up thoughts on the Conservatives' idea to ramp-up Theresa May’s 1% SDLT surcharge for foreign buyers to 3%
Ranked: 2019’s most popular property search terms
Zoopla reveals househunters' most-used search keywords from the last 12 months
The Times: Selling their great idea was never going to be the right move for estate agents
Peter Hosking, Financial Editor of The Times, has delivered a withering appraisal of how estate agents have handled the growth of property portals
Housebuilders flock to list directly on Zoopla
“Housebuilders are a business priority for Zoopla," says the portal, as major developers sign-up to list new-build homes directly
Average time to sell a home reaches a three-year high
Zoopla's latest index tells of a slow-moving property market in London and southern cities
Zoopla rolls out new-build home search tool
Property portal's "streamlined" new development search function delivered a 43% uplift in conversion rates during beta testing
Portal veteran leaves Zoopla in corporate accounts restructure
Lesley Dunn had been with Zoopla for eight-and-a-half years, and previously worked at Rightmove
Zoopla hires new creative agency
Portal picks Lucky Generals to come up with some fresh ideas
London’s property market ‘has bottomed out’, but an ‘exodus of cash buyers’ has quelled price inflation in southern cities
A pick-up in activity and a return to positive annual price growth in London "isn’t a precursor to price rises,” says Zoopla, “but we do expect sales volumes to start rising once again”
The Million Pound Street Drop: The number of £1m+ addresses in the UK has fallen by 10% in the last year
There are now 15,484 streets with an average property price in excess of £1m, says Zoopla; 1,805 fewer than the 17,289 recorded at the same time last year.