Swedish market leader Hemnet has completed the nationwide rollout of its "sell first, pay later" product, making it available across all of Sweden from the 30th of March. The model,...

This week, we introduce a new type of roundup to reflect an influx of press releases from portals that have some bragging to do...   United Kingdom: Zoopla reports a...

This week's Product Roundup features, you guessed it, plenty of AI-driven launches around the world. We'll start in Australia...   Oceania: REA Group launches iGUIDE in Australia to level up...

This week's People Roundup begins with rumours of layoffs in Australia...   Oceania: Domain reportedly lays off staff, but headcount will increase Australia's second real estate portal, Domain, has reportedly...

Surprise, surprise. Another big-name portal has built a ChatGPT app! That's where we start this week's Product Roundup...   North America: Realtor.com becomes latest big-name portal to build ChatGPT app...

Swiss Marketplace Group posted a strong FY25, its first full-year result after last year’s IPO, with double-digit revenue growth and a sharp increase in profitability across its marketplaces. Group revenue...

AI-powered real estate search is a very big topic in the industry at the moment. Although there is a lot of discussion around it, it's still pretty rare on real...

ImmoScout24, Germany's leading real estate marketplace, has launched a pre-marketing offering "to make previously invisible offers more visible and to make access to housing more transparent" for buyers and renters. Under...

Swedish market-leader Hemnet has published its first monthly trading update for 2026, and the numbers make for grim reading. February net sales fell 22% year-on-year to SEK 87.9 million, while...

Cian, Russia's largest real estate vertical, has been referred to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) by Moscow's Guild of Realtors after the portal imposed more price hikes on agents. The...

France’s property portal market is entering a new phase of competition, with leading platforms increasingly publishing audience and lead-generation figures aimed squarely at the country’s agents. The latest claim comes...

There are more ChatGPT integrations in this week's Product and Services Roundup...   Europe: Hepsiemlak introduces first ChatGPT home search in Turkey The Turkish real estate portal Hepsiemlak is the...