The PPW Podcast

Ed and Simon are joined by Dubizzle Group co-founder & CEO, Imran Ali Khan. Imran and his brother Zeeshan started off their entrepreneurial journeys by experimenting with things like gyms and ice cream shops. These days the brothers run a Dubai-based online marketplace operator which was declared a unicorn in 2020 and is rumoured to be planning an IPO. In this episode, Imran tells us about the...

There has been a lot of talk about well-funded challenger portals in the industry recently and not a lot of positive press around the number two portals. Ed, Simon and Harvey take a look at number two portals Zoopla (UK), Realtor.com (USA) and Domain (Australia) to see which portal is most likely to come under pressure from challengers and which (if any) can challenge the established market leader...

Recorded on stage at PropTech & Portal Watch Bangkok Ed, Simon and Harvey discuss the conference's big question... Is AI the next seismic change in the industry or a passing buzzword? Why did Simon change the conference name to include PropTech? What was the Startup day and how did it go? What ideas have we seen at the conference? Is AI the new seismic shift in the industry or just another...

Ed and Simon are joined by Mal McCallion, the founder of AI consultancy ModelProp (and also a co-founder of the Prime Location portal in the UK) to talk about real estate portals and AI. - What AI features are portals building? - How will portals' business models be affected by AI? - Should portals bother with AI and voice search? - What is the role of agents in the new AI-enhanced industry?

Property Finder founder and CEO Michael Lahyani joins Simon Baker and Edmund Keith. These days Property Finder is a billion-dollar market leader in the Middle East but it hasn't been a smooth journey to get there. In a candid interview, Michael discusses the history of Property Finder from its origins as 'Al Bab World' to REA Group's investment and divestment and the challenges of...

Ed and Simon are joined by 1000Watt CEO and former President of Inman.com, Brian Boero to talk about the US market. Buyer-side commissions are under threat from lawsuits, the NAR is in crisis and Zillow and Realtor.com have a new challenger with a billion-dollar marketing budget. Can CoStar's Homes.com become the #1 portal? What do the lawsuits mean for Zillow? What's happening with the NA...

In this episode, Ed, Harvey and Simon discuss three news items they've covered recently. The first topic is iBuying and OpenDoor, the largest iBuyer in the US. They explore OpenDoor's financial performance and the challenges of the iBuyer model. The second topic is Idealista, the market-leading real estate portal in Spain, which is reportedly up for sale. The hosts discuss the potential bu...

In this episode, the hosts discuss the upcoming Property Portal Watch conference and its evolution over the years. They highlight the importance of networking and the value attendees can gain from the conference. The chapters cover various topics, including the background of the conference, the benefits of attending, and the networking opportunities available. The hosts also emphasize the growth a...

Online Marketplaces Editor Edmund Keith is joined by former REA Group CEO, Simon Baker and SnowOnly founder, Mark Lightfoot to discuss niche real estate portals. SnowOnly is a property portal specific to the ski industry, offering ski properties in 15 countries and 250 resorts. Mark shares his journey of starting SnowOnly and the challenges he faced in building the website and generating leads. He...

Online Marketplaces Editor Edmund Keith is joined by former REA Group CEO, Simon Baker to discuss the future of search on real estate marketplaces. They discuss how some portals are directly asking their users questions about their needs while others and inferring them through advanced AI techniques. They also talk about the paradigm shift that is "search vs tell" and how real estate mar...

Edmund Keith and Harvey Hancock are joined by former REA Group CEO, Simon Baker to discuss the concept of vendor-paid markets in the real estate industry. They chat about the advantages of vendor paid markets for real estate portals, such as increased revenue and the ability to leverage agents as an outsourced sales force. They also discuss the challenges of implementing vendor paid markets and th...

With CoStar looking to come to Europe and establish a real estate portal empire we look at how easy (or really hard) it is to take a property marketplace over a border. Former REA Group CEO, Simon Baker gives us some war stories from his attempts to set up portals in Europe and what CoStar and others would need to do to make a success of any cross border portal.

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In the first episode of the Property Portal Watch Podcast former REA Group CEO Simon Baker joins us to discuss the chances of CoStar's residential real estate portals Homes.com and OnTheMarket overthrowing Zillow and Rightmove to become the market leaders in the U.S. and the UK.