Portals
July 2016 marks twelfth consecutive month of growth for OnTheMarket.com and a 17% increase year on year
Property website OnTheMarket.com today reports that the number of estate and letting agent offices listing on the website has grown every month since the start of August, 2015. July 2016 marked the portal’s twelfth consecutive month of growth. OnTheMarket.com – which is now just over 18 months old – had more than 6,400 listing offices…
Interview with Purplebricks – Some Answers you want to know:
Is property selling nationally at a fast pace with Purplebricks or are there more so hot-spots that you are successfully breaking into? Firstly, Purplebricks isn’t an online estate agent – we are a full service estate agent and we’re successfully selling thousands of homes every month throughout the UK and have an excellent track record…
Christopher Walkey
OnTheMarket.com grows listing offices by more than 10% in 6 months
The number of estate and letting agent offices listing at OnTheMarket.com has grown 10 per cent during the first half of the year. (Jan – June) At the beginning of January, more than 5,700 offices were listing on the website and at the end of June, the number had grown to more than 6,300 offices….
Another record breaking month for OnTheMarket.com
OnTheMarket.com’s traffic and leads both reached record levels again in June. OnTheMarket.com received over 8 million visits in the month (source: Google Analytics). Visit numbers have increased 33% since January 2016. The number of agent offices listing with OnTheMarket.com continues to grow. Ian Springett, Chief Executive of OnTheMarket.com, said: “We continue to work to build…
FIVE BRANCH ESTATE AGENCY FIRM JOINS ONTHEMARKET.COM
Meller Braggins, a five branch estate agency firm in Cheshire, has joined OnTheMarket.com. Established in 1836, Meller Braggins has offices in Knutsford, Wilmslow, Northwich, Stockton Heath and Macclesfield. The firm will now be listing all of its properties for sale and to rent at OnTheMarket.com and Rightmove. It has removed its properties from Zoopla. OnTheMarket.com…
Can you sell property without Zoopla or Rightmove?
Given the huge portal costs and the attempts by the On The Market to break this duopoly, can you successfully sell a property as an estate agency without using these three behemoths? Most industry experts would laugh and say no. It’s impossible. The reach of Rightmove and Zoopla is so extensive that you’d be seriously…
Alex Evans
‘Noise and scaremongering from the detractors only makes us stronger’: OnTheMarket.com agents remain defiant
Member agents who back OnTheMarket.com have written to the portal’s management team to pledge their unwavering support. In the wake of what many agents see as a concerted attack from detractors who feel threatened by the continued growth of the portal, the messages all convey strong support for the portal and strong conviction that it…
Support for OnTheMarket.com rises beyond 7,000 estate and letting agent offices
Property website OnTheMarket.com is pleased to announce today that overall support is now in excess of 7,000 UK estate and letting agent offices. This figure includes offices which are contracted and those which are covered by Letters of Intent to join Agents’ Mutual and to list at OnTheMarket.com when overall support exceeds 7,500 offices. Since…
‘OnTheMarket.com is here to stay’, says CEO
Ian Springett, Chief Executive of OnTheMarket.com, comments on the response from the open letter from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA): “Some of the response from certain quarters to the open letter from the CMA has, in our view, been at best opportunistic and misleading and at worst sensationalist and preposterous. “The reality is that…
Why your investment in Yell, Adwords, P.P.C and S.E.O is not helping your marketing goals:
Fifteen years ago when I launched my first online business, I was really excited about the promise of Internet riches. For you as an estate agent launching your new website and investing in digital marketing may have raised your expectations that new technology equals more vendors or landlords. Alas, after many failed attempts you wonder…
Alex Evans
TWENTY FIVE BRANCH ESTATE AGENCY FIRM JOINS ONTHEMARKET.COM
Estate agency Goadsby which has offices across Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, is the latest big multi-branch firm to join OnTheMarket.com. The firm – which was established in 1958 – will now be listing all of its properties for sale and to rent at OnTheMarket.com. Goadsby will continue to advertise its properties on Rightmove as its…
‘Vested interests’ are behind detractors undermining OnTheMarket.com, says CEO
Ian Springett, Chief Executive of OnTheMarket.com, sent this communication to member agents. Dear Agent, You may well have seen some recent negative stories about OnTheMarket.com. In view of the vested interests of some of our detractors in undermining your portal, I wanted to take this opportunity briefly to set out the relevant facts. One “story”…
One month in and a trend emerges.
Buscadom was launched on the 29th of February and we have seen a steady pick up of our new portal offering during the last month. Agencies are appreciative of our ‘on the ground’ approach and whilst some still want to wait and see how we do over the coming months in what is a ferociously…
Alex Evans
SEVEN BRANCH ESTATE AGENCY FIRM JOINS ONTHEMARKET.COM
Seven branch firm Jeffries Estate and Letting Agents in South East Hampshire has joined OnTheMarket.com. Jeffries has been established since 1996, is a leading local estate agency and is due to imminently expand with extra branches. It will now be advertising all of its properties for sale and to rent at OnTheMarket.com. OnTheMarket.com announced in…
Design Week Chelsea Harbour
Spring has finally sprung and what better way to get inspired by the new colourful interior trends for Spring than to visit Design Week at Chelsea Harbour. For anyone who has never been to the Design Centre its a mecca for beautiful fabrics and high end exquisite furniture. All this week and next the centre’s…
Alex Evans