Since 2023, AI has shifted from 'cool new thing' to 'strategic pillar' for real estate marketplace businesses, so much so that it is a live product at almost every major property portal on the planet ...

Rocket Companies has announced a $9.4 billion all-share deal to acquire Mr. Cooper, the largest mortgage servicer in the United States. The deal is expected to close in Q4 2025. The acquisition ...

O3 Industries and Novum Capital have sold their stake in Gumtree.com Ltd to Asian private equity firm Ocean Link and its portfolio company 58.com. The deal, which went into effect in September 2024, ...

Swiss-based media company Ringier AG—owner of around 130 subsidiary businesses including real estate online marketplaces—has agreed to acquire almost 100% of the shares of Ringier One Africa Media ...

The international classifieds aggregator operator Rubrikk Group is to wind down operations after 16 years. The company's CEO, Adil Osmani took to Linkedin today to announce the news, thanking staff as ...

The U.S. brokerage and portal operator Redfin has become the latest major player to take a public stand on the controversy surrounding listing transparency, announcing that it will no longer display ...

The UAE-based challenger portal Houza ceased operations in February. Born out of agents' frustration with incumbents during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Houza was set up to compete with ...

The pace at which topics flutter into the industry's collective gaze, become the focus and then dance out again has never been faster. This discourse turnover, though, is still slightly slower than ...

Schibsted Marketplaces, the owner-operator of several classifieds marketplaces in the Nordics, has rebranded as Vend. Under the new domain Vend.com, Vend says, "the new brand identity reflects the ...

Carousell, the Singapore-based classifieds platform, has released its financial results for the 2024 financial year. Highlights include: Revenues increase to $119.3 million, up 2.9% YoY Classifieds ...

Dubizzle Group CEO Imran Ali Khan is one of a small handful of founders wandering the corridors of Property Portal Watch Madrid who have built a market-leading portal business from the ground up. In ...

Baltic Classifieds Group, which operates over a dozen leading classifieds platforms in Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia, has released typically strong results for the first six months of the 2026 ...