EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou launches Rightmove killer easyProperty September 9, 2014 Airline entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has unveiled his latest no-frills business idea, an online estate agent called easyProperty. The venture, for which he is seeking crowdfunded capital, will rival relative newcomers Rightmove and Zoopla in a bid to unseat traditional estate agents by offering cut price services. Users of the website will be able to [...]
OnTheMarket: Estate agents to launch new site to rival Zoopla and Rightmove July 16, 2014 A group of estate agents yesterday announced that they had joined forces to create an online property portal to challenge the dominance of Zoopla and Rightmove. They said the portal would launch in January under the name OnTheMarket. Agents’ Mutual was founded last year by some of Britain’s biggest estate agencies, including Knight Frank and [...]
Rightmove chairman sells £7m of shares and eyes a new home May 27, 2014 THE AVERAGE price of a home in South Kensington now stands at £2m, according to Britain’s largest property website Rightmove. However, chairman Scott Forbes looks to be eyeing a slightly pricier property after it emerged yesterday that he has sold around £7m of shares to help buy a new home in the prime London neighbourhood. [...]
Rightmove traffic booms in wake of rising house prices February 28, 2014 Property website Rightmove has reported a rise in profit before tax of £14m to £97m for the year ended 31 December 2013. Revenue jumped by 17 per cent to £140m while the website's traffic rocketed 27 per cent to 14bn page impressions. Chief executive officer of Rightmove Nick McKittrick, commented: I'm delighted that Rightmove's popularity [...]