Portals
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…
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…
ONTHEMARKET.COM MAKES STRONG ENTRY INTO NORTHERN IRELAND
OnTheMarket.com is now carrying thousands of listings from estate and letting agents in Northern Ireland to compete head-on with PropertyPal.com, PropertyNews.com and Zoopla. Since its launch in January 2015, property website OnTheMarket.com has gained significant ground in England, Wales and Scotland. The website has gained strong traction with consumers and is now achieving more than…
SIX BRANCH ESTATE AGENCY FIRM JOINS ONTHEMARKET.COM
Watsons – a six branch firm with offices in Norfolk – is proud to announce it is now listing all of its properties at OnTheMarket.com. From now on, Watsons will be advertising all of their properties for sale and to rent at OnTheMarket.com and Rightmove. OnTheMarket.com announced in January that the level of overall support…
Purplebricks spend £1,000,000 a month on TV and media advertising .. worth it?
If you had an advertising budget of £1m a month for your estate agency .. would you be spending it on TV adverts? Purplebricks (my favourite hybrid/online agent) own figures state they are spending a little over that amount on media advertising, so that will include PPC as well, but you must admit, most of…
Christopher Watkin
ONTHEMARKET.COM LAUNCHES OVERSEAS PROPERTY CHANNEL
Property portal OnTheMarket.com is now listing overseas properties for sale on a dedicated channel. Aligned with the UK search, the channel does not carry third party advertising, nor any unnecessary information. Overseas search results are presented in grid, map and list views, as well as a new combined grid and map view. All properties are…
COUNTY’S LARGEST INDEPENDENT ESTATE AGENCY FIRM JOINS ONTHEMARKET.COM
Arnolds Keys – which has eight residential branches across Norwich, Norfolk and North Suffolk – is proud to announce it has joined OnTheMarket.com. Arnolds Keys is the largest independent estate agency in Norwich and Norfolk. The firm will now be advertising all of its properties for sale and to rent at OnTheMarket.com and Rightmove. OnTheMarket.com…
‘It’s great to see OnTheMarket.com challenging the duopoly of Rightmove and Zoopla’, says Partner at Strutt & Parker
Michael Fiddes, Partner at Strutt & Parker and a Non-Executive Board Director of Agents’ Mutual, comments on the growth of OnTheMarket.com over the past 12 months: Michael Fiddes, Partner at Strutt & Parker, said: “From a standing start at the beginning of 2015, OnTheMarket.com has come a tremendously long way over the past 12 months. We…
‘What OnTheMarket.com has delivered in such a short time is brilliant!’, says Exec. Director at Douglas & Gordon.
Ed Mead, Executive Director at Douglas & Gordon and a Non-Executive Director of Agents’ Mutual, comments on what OnTheMarket.com has delivered in just one year: The portals which have divided and conquered, such as Rightmove and Zoopla, and even those that failed to succeed, have merely been interested in making money. The biggest latent value for the…