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News Roundup 24/07/26: Rightmove Retribution?, Aurum's Housing Challenge & Buyer-First Portals
49 minutes Posted Jul 24, 2026 at 3:45 am.
Intro00:57 Rightmove's £1.6bn Class Action & "Retaliation" Claims12:42 Can Mature-Market Portals Keep Raising Prices?18:00 Aurum PropTech Buys housing.com from REA India27:24 Who Won the REA India Deal?29:35 Ed's 18,000 Portal Claims Database31:56 The Consideration Phase: Should Portals Go Buyer-First?48:00 And Finally: PPW Europe, MadridPresented by:Edmund Keith — https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmund-keith/Harvey Hancock — https://www.linkedin.com/in/harvey-hancock/Simon Baker — https://www.linkedin.com/in/stbaker/
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In this week's news roundup, Ed, Harvey and Simon dig into Rightmove's £1.6bn class action and the "retaliation" row, Aurum PropTech's bold plan to make housing.com profitable, and a provocative question: should portals switch sides and go buyer-first?Chapters:00:00 Intro00:57 Rightmove's £1.6bn Class Action & "Retaliation" Claims12:42 Can Mature-Market Portals Keep Raising Prices?18:00 Aurum PropTech Buys housing.com from REA India27:24 Who Won the REA India Deal?29:35 Ed's 18,000 Portal Claims Database31:56 The Consideration Phase: Should Portals Go Buyer-First?48:00 And Finally: PPW Europe, MadridPresented by:Edmund Keith — https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmund-keith/Harvey Hancock — https://www.linkedin.com/in/harvey-hancock/Simon Baker — https://www.linkedin.com/in/stbaker/