Aggregate listing services under threat

Zoopla has announced that from the start of next year it will only accept listings from bona-fide estate or letting agents, offering a full range of agency services. The new guidelines will stop a number of aggregator sites from getting landlord rental properties advertised on Zoopla for a single fixed fee.

As to which aggregator sites they are, we will  have to wait and see which manage to jump the hurdles to meet the sites shift in criteria.

Alex Chesterman, Founder & CEO of Zoopla Property Group said: “Our aim is to provide a high quality service to the users of our websites in terms of both content and experience. We believe that can currently only be achieved through professional agents preparing listing details and intermediating consumer enquiries. We will not accept listings from private vendors or landlords or pure aggregators of either.”