15th May 2006 07:03
Rightmove Plc15 May 2006 Rightmove plc: Membership Increase Rightmove plc announces that it has increased the total number of estate agencyoffices advertising their properties on the Rightmove.co.uk website by more than1,000 since the start of the year. Membership now exceeds 9,700 offices with over 680,000 properties advertised forsale and to rent at any one time. This represents approximately 70% of allestate agency offices in the UK, up from 8,573 (62%) at the start of 2006. The considerable majority of the new offices advertising represent firms with asingle or a handful of offices. However, a number of significant firms thatspecialise in the premium end of the market, including Hamptons, Savills andKnight Frank, have also recently started listing their properties, adding to theseven largest estate agency groups (those with more than 100 offices each) whichwere members of Rightmove prior to 2006. - ENDS - Enquiries: Rightmove +44 20 7318 9095Maud [email protected] Maitland +44 20 7379 5151Neil BennettBrian Hudspith This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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