Company Tag: Zoopla
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.
Price Cuts Cut: Volume and level of asking price reductions drop
The number of properties with reduced asking prices has fallen "significantly" over the last couple of years, says Zoopla, from 40% in November 2011 to 31% this month.
Cine Cab: Zoopla broadcasts local property availability atop taxis
Zoopla is trying out more newfangled tech, using live LED screens atop London cabs to "intelligently broadcast property availability".
Zoopla moves to a bigger home
Property portal kingpin Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) is upping sticks and moving a good five minute walk down the road from its current base on Union Street in Southwark.
Homeowner confidence hits four-year high
89% of homeowners expect property prices to rise over next six months (from 80% in Q2), making this the most positive market for four years, according to the new Zoopla Sentiment Survey.
Property portals limber up
It's all going on at the various property portals: As Agents' Mutual confirms it's launch plans for next year, Countrywide Plc has signed a five year deal with Rightmove, and Zoopla has climbed into bed…
Agents’ Mutual to launch next year (ahead of schedule) as over 1,000 offices sign-up
Agents' Mutual, the unnamed estate agency-owned property portal that aims to take down the Rightmove/Zoopla duopoly, has hit its golden number of signed-up offices, and can now "move forward to implementation…
Floating Options: Zoopla mulls a stock market float
So it looks like Zoopla, Britain's number two property portal after Rightmove, is the next UK residential giant to follow Countrywide's and Foxton's lead and look into a stock market float.
Zoopla buys Mirror property portals for £3.3m
DMGT's Zoopla Property Group has bought Trinity Mirror's digital property arm, including four property portals, for a reported £3.3m.
Homes on Film: Zoopla launches Property Movies
Zoopla Property Group has just rolled out Property Movies across its platforms, tapping into the the pretty widely-accepted idea that video is the future of property marketing (look out for an announcement…
New news & content ed for ZPG
Former Telegraph journo Myra Butterworth is joining Zoopla and Primelocation as News and Content Editor on the 2nd September.