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More agents are moving over to OTM and the inside view I hear from agents is that Rightmove is just to greedy/expensive and is merely helping the payanyway agents at a time where the bottom line is being squeezed by a tough market. Rightmoves hold on the market is weakening and ,simply,this has to be a good time to invest in one of the other portals.

BIG TV advert campaign starts today. Agents are thoroughly fed up with the ever increasing Rightmove costs and look for alternatives in what is a tough market. This is going only one way-what other market has so few competitors. I am in big time.

Ina good market Counrywide may stand a chance. In a market which for the foreseeable is going to be flat at best it is not going to be possible in its cornet structure.What I do find strange is that the BOM team that presided over the fatal change in strategy by the previous CEO are now presiding over the so called turnaround.What this company needs is someone new to inspire the teams and give fresh hope.The BOMs have lost the dressing room completely ,pure and simple,should do the decent thing and move on.I sold out some time ago and wont be going back in any time soon if ever

There is no credibility in the leadership.Some of the really profitable parts of the business outside the core of selling secondhand houses such and New Homes which is a huge growth area have been decimated.The people running the business currently are the ones that supported the previous failed strategy when it was obvious it was never going to work. Linkedin shows here have been some very good people recently leave companies like Connells or Savills. Connells as a company seem to suffering the same upper management mistakes with the real talent of upper management retiring/retired -get a few of these guys that have left to join Countrywide and they have immediate credibility-and whatever happens the company will at least have some direction-might even be time to save this once great business.

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I know for a fact a lot of agents are fed up with RM pushing the prices and they are now seeing this portal as a viable alternative.As soon as the new ads hit the TV it will rocket.the Estate Agent market is tight and RM and Zoopla can cost more than the premises costs for some.for some agents this is a sure fire way to reduce costs but still offer a way to list the house to the internet.