The U.S. private equity firm General Atlantic is set to take a 24% stake in the market-leading Dutch real estate portal funda. General Atlantic had been bidding to buy out...
Sprengnetter GmbH, a German classifieds giant Scout24 subsidiary, has acquired 21st Real Estate for an undisclosed sum. 21st Real Estate provides price and location analysis for residential and commercial property...
The 26th of December (known as Boxing Day in the UK) typically sees a surge of users on property portals as people think about moving house in the new year....
Belgium-based real estate marketplace Immovlan will offer improved price estimates for listings on its platform thanks to a new partnership with AI-driven real estate valuations specialist PriceHubble. PriceHubble's solution—based on...
US-based short-term rentals startup Frontdesk is on the brink of shutting down after firing its entire 200-person workforce on Tuesday after failing to raise capital to counteract the high costs...
Yuji Ito will replace company founder Takashi Inoue as president of the Japanese online real estate marketplace operator Lifull Co. Inoue, who has led the company since 1997, will transition...
The U.S. portal giant Zillow is suing a group of regional multiple listings services (MLSs) for their decision to exclude ShowingTime from their agent-facing platforms. Filed on the 22nd of...
On 22 December 2023, Adevinta officially became under offer by Aurelia Bidco Norway AS, the newly established acquisition vehicle with major backing by the Permira and Blackstone consortium. A press...
UK challenger Purplebricks has gone public with a Christmas campaign that urges sellers to "say goodbye to the bull" and sell their home for free. It's the first major campaign...
Politics bled into real estate last week when Ivan Tavrin, the man behind a rumoured buyout of Russian marketplace giant Yandex, was sanctioned by the US government. Tavrin's name has...
It's been a while since we brought you a people roundup. Here are the latest movements we've spotted... Kleinanzeigen Reappoints Previous Head of Sales Germany's leading marketplace site Kleinanzeigen...
Mergers and Acquisitions continued to be our most popular news category this year. We've reported on a steady number of M&As through 2023 with the number of stories published similar...
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