Building success together
We want to support you in achieving success for your business.
Building Success Together is our commitment to you.
A message from Christian Balshen, Director of Agent Partnerships
“In the last few months I’ve been spending as much time as possible with our partners to understand how we can support you better. I’ve also recently presented at a number of landlord evenings and team meetings held by some of you. If you’d like me to come along to any of your upcoming events, please just drop me an email on christian.balshen@rightmove.co.uk.
One of the things I hear a lot is how differently you think about “success”. For some it’s being able have enough flexibility to take your children to school. For others it’s about reaching your financial goals. For all of you, it’s about pride in a job well done.
It’s clear there’s no “one size fits all” version of success. With that in mind, I’d love to hear from more of you about what success means to you, so that we can support you better – share your thoughts below.”
Share your thoughts
Getting the most from your membership
Take a look at the practical ways we’re delivering on our commitment, which fall under the four key focus areas below:
We’ll share regular roundups on new initiatives, like you’ll see below, to keep you in the loop. All of which aims to help you to get the most from your membership to support your success – whatever success means to you.
Q2 2024 roundup
Inspiring your success with insight
Access to market data, industry insight and consumer behaviour trends to help you stay up to date and ahead of the curve.
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- Our property expert, Tim Bannister, shared new insights at PropertyMark One on 14th June 2024 on the impact of price reductions on the sale and let of properties. The data revealed the impact of pricing decisions on the overall time a property spends on the market, as well as its likelihood to sell or be lost to a competitor. For more insights plus resources to support your pricing decisions, download the slides here >
- We’ve launched Company Level Reports – helping you to effortlessly compare data across all your brands and branches in one simple reporting tool. Read more here >
- We provided insights in the run up to the election to support your pre-election sales and marketing. This included data from home-movers showing 95% say the upcoming election will not affect their moving plans, as well as buyer demand trends from previous elections. Read more in our General Election Spotlight >
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Optimise your success with training
Accredited training solutions that keep you and your teams compliant and informed
- We’ve continued to ensure our accredited training courses stay up to date with the latest regulations by updating our GDPR modules to meet the latest requirements of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Find out more about the training courses on offer, included as part of your membership, on the Rightmove Hub here >
- We’ve seen hundred of agents downloading our new “Rightmove Certified” badges, which are available when you complete our AML, GDPR and CPR courses. Get yours here >
Power your success with control
Tools and resources that give you greater visibility and control over your membership.
We’re continually investing in what’s available to you to ensure our tools are optimised to meet your needs. Here are some new tools and features that have recently launched to help power your success:
- We’ve made improvements to Opportunity Manager to give you more visibility and control over potential instructions: 1) valuation opportunities are now sent directly to your inbox, saving you time and making it easier for you to respond. 2) Report performance has also improved by 92%, meaning lists can now be loaded in a matter of seconds. Find the hottest valuation opportunities >
- Agents are continuing to benefit from Ad Manager, a self-service tool that enables you to update the creative elements of your products up to 17x faster. We’ve made it easier for you to update text, images, photos, and videos, as well as preview or check the status of an ad. Find out more here >
Backing agents’ success with advocacy
Understanding and advocating on your behalf on the issues that matter to you
- Beck in April, we asked you to share your thoughts on the public’s biggest misconception about estate agency. Thank you to everyone who responded. There were some common themes which came up in your responses, which we’ve grouped below.
- The most common theme was around home-movers’ understanding of your role. Many of you felt that home-buyers didn’t understand what goes on ‘behind the scenes’ and didn’t understand the intricacies of your role.
- Many of you felt estate agents were perceived as untrustworthy, with age-old stereotypes impacting the public’s perception as a whole.
- And many of you felt consumers didn’t value your service, and underestimate how much effort, time and money goes into marketing their properties.
Do you agree? We’re hosting a discussion panel in September where together, we’ll take a deeper dive into the misconceptions you face and how Rightmove could support you in tackling them head on. Register here >
- With a general election called in May, we launched a pre-election campaign which aimed to put housing into the spotlight and push for industry change.
- Having heard your priorities for the next government, we proposed key priorities for the next government in our pre-election report.
- We gained national coverage with newspaper ads calling for greater focus on housing following the first live TV debate
- We shared insights from our property and mortgage experts on proposed policies.
- We secured a Q&A with Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak on how each of their parties would support the housing market if they won the election.
Missed our Q1 roundup? Take a look below
Inspiring your success with insight
Optimise your success with training
Power your success with control
Backing agents’ success with advocacy
