The PPW Podcast
The Online Marketplaces team delve into the online real estate marketplace industry as well as the broader world of PropTech surrounding it. We bring you news, views and interviews from the industry as well as our own team's analysis of current events and trends.
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News Roundup 11/09/26: Zoopla Opens The Books, The Narrative Lever & Claims Nobody Checks (opens the original)
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In this week's news roundup, Zoopla breaks cover with a full set of FY2025 numbers, and that sets up a longer argument about the cheapest growth lever in the portal business: the story you tell about yourself. Chapters:00:00 Intro00:48 Zoopla Publishes Its FY2025 Financials11:56 Will Silver Lake Sell Zoopla, And To Whom?14:32 The Perception & Narrative Lever18:26 When Number Two Actually Overtakes Number One23:24 Inside The Claims Ledger: 19,300 Portal Claims32:11 Simon On Making Claims As A Por
Reupload: The War on Portals, with Mike DelPrete (opens the original)
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Hi everyone - we have reuploaded our interview with Mike as there was an audio dropout in the original episode. Sorry for this - it sounded great during recording and editing! Harvey Hancock is joined by Mike DelPrete and Simon Baker to unpack the war on portals. 00:00 - intros 00:52 - Mike's Madrid preview 04:12 - The FTC's settlement with Zillow and Redfin 07:19 - Why Rocket’s ownership of Redfin makes rentals strategically valuable 09:01 - The “war on portals” and why portal pricing is under
The War on Portals, with Mike DelPrete (opens the original)
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Harvey Hancock is joined by Mike DelPrete and Simon Baker to unpack the war on portals. 00:00 - intros 00:52 - Mike's Madrid preview 04:12 - The FTC's settlement with Zillow and Redfin 07:19 - Why Rocket’s ownership of Redfin makes rentals strategically valuable 09:01 - The “war on portals” and why portal pricing is under attack 12:02 - Industry-wide self-inflicted wounds 19:44 - Are mature portal businesses losing their entrepreneurial muscle? 25:16 - Why unique inventory matters most 38:24 - O
News Roundup 04/09/26: Portal Shares Rebound, Compass vs StreetEasy & Silver Lake Sells Hometrack (opens the original)
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In this week's news roundup, Ed, Harvey and Simon look at a portal share price recovery that's outpacing the market, the escalating Compass–StreetEasy standoff in New York, and Silver Lake's sale of Hometrack to Providence Equity Partners.Chapters:00:00 Intro01:00 Portal Share Prices Bounce Back13:43 Compass vs StreetEasy: The New York Standoff23:48 Silver Lake Sells Hometrack to ProvidencePortal Share Prices Bounce BackA composite of eight listed portals — Rightmove, REA Group, Scout24, Hemnet,
Going Viral with 'Moving Out', with Rita Goh (opens the original)
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Harvey speaks with Rita Goh from Property Guru about the company’s “Moving Out” micro-drama campaign, a social-first marketing experiment that went viral in Singapore, and beyond! 0:00 Intros1:46 Property Guru context 3:34 What is this social first marketing strategy? 5:40 Moving Out in context 18:04 Storyboarding and Creative 22:19 Anonymous Vs Branded content 26:26 Gen Z demands and activities 31:07 Advice to other Marketers and other topics
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