For years, the British number two portal Zoopla has been operating in the shadow of Rightmove. But for Chief Operating Officer Rich Hayes, that perception is something the company is...
A member of Spain's ruling coalition has called for tighter regulation of the algorithms used by real estate marketplaces. Tesh Sidi, a lawmaker representing Madrid for the left-wing Sumar alliance,...
Says Mike Kenner, Managing Director at Lifull Connect, "If you stripped away all the portals today, they wouldn't come back the same.” In a 40-minute interview covering his takeover of...
China-based classifieds giant 58.com has removed over 80,000 listings from its real estate platform Anjuke in the last nine months amid public backlash over "low-priced housing chaos." The cleanup comes...
This week's roundup starts in the UK, where the ever-imaginative Jitty has found an even more unique way of searching for properties... United Kingdom: Jitty launches 'Surprise Me' property...
Aurélien Flament, Director of Real Estate at Leboncoin, recently spoke with the local agent-facing publication Journal de l'Agence about the platform’s growing ambitions in the real estate sector. With new...
Nine Entertainment has asked CoStar Group to increase its bid for Domain, signalling that Australia’s second-largest property portal could soon be in play. The move follows CoStar’s initial AUD2.65 billion...
Immobiliare.it has agreed to acquire Pisos.com for €22.5 million (USD 24.5 million) with the Italian portal set to double down in Spain. Pisos.com, the third-place player in the Spanish market...
Spain’s property portal market has long been dominated by Idealista, but Fotocasa is working to shift that impression. Under the leadership of Tony Blamey, the recently appointed head of Adevinta’s...
Iranian horizontal marketplace Divar's IPO application has been halted after the intelligence segment of a branch of the Iranian military stepped in. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has become...
A Zillow executive has weighed into the argument currently surrounding the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) that demands listing brokers upload listings to the MLS within...
Japanese real estate platform Tsukuruba posted record-breaking sales and gross profit in its latest quarterly results, underscoring the continued growth of its Cowcamo marketplace. The company, which connects buyers and...
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