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Reupload: The War on Portals, with Mike DelPrete

Hi everyone - we have reuploaded our interview with Mike as there was an audio dropout in the original episode. Sorry for this - it sounded great during recording and editing! Harvey Hancock is joined by Mike DelPrete and Simon Baker to unpack the war on portals.00:00 - intros00:52 - Mike's Madrid‮…

News Roundup 11/09/26: Zoopla Opens The Books, The Narrative Lever & Claims Nobody Checks

In this week's news roundup, Zoopla breaks cover with a full set of FY2025 numbers, and that sets up a longer argument about the cheapest growth lever in the portal business: the story you tell about yourself. Chapters:00:00 Intro00:48 Zoopla Publishes Its FY2025 Financials11:56 Will Silver Lake S‮…

Exploring an AI-first Vacation Rentals Marketplace, with Christian Schwarz Lausten, CEO at Landfolk

Simon Baker and Harvey Hancock are joined by Christian Schwarz Lausten, founder and CEO at Landfolk, for a peek behind the curtain of an increasingly AI-first vacation rentals marketplace that has expanded from its native Nordics into Europe, including a proprietary AI intelligence layer called PA‮…

News Roundup 18/09/26: REA Vs ACCC, Zillow Vs MRED, Hemnet's Buyback & Schibsted Vs Schibsted

In this week's news roundup, regulators and courts take centre stage: REA Group settles with the ACCC, a Chicago judge hands MRED and Compass a win over Zillow, Hemnet's activist investors reshape the board and pause the buyback, and Schibsted appears to be lining up to take on its own former mark‮…

The Portal That Takes the Buyer's Side, With Maxim Bours, Co-Founder & CEO of Huispedia

Maxim Bours co-founded Huispedia in 2018, after he and co-founder Ramon, both then working in IT at KLM, each tried to buy a house and found a Dutch market where listings were well served but decision-making was not. Eight years on, the company calls itself a data intelligence platform rather than‮…

News Roundup 25/09/26: Idealista Signs Orpi In France, Compass See It First & Portal Shake-Up

In this week's news roundup, Idealista lands its first big agency partner in France, Compass puts serious marketing money behind its exclusive listings, and a wave of leadership changes sweeps through the portal world. Chapters:00:00 Intro04:09 Idealista Signs Orpi In France15:43 Compass Launches ‮…

Are Portals Becoming Someone Else’s Lunch?, with Malcolm Myers

Harvey Hancock hosts Simon Baker and Malcolm Myers for a wide-ranging conversation about portals, AI, agents, M&A and brokerage, ahead of Malcolm's keynote presentation at the upcoming PPW Conference in Madrid. 0:00 Intros and PPW teasers 02:25 the four challenges facing property portals 03:50 bus‮…

News Roundup 02/10/26: Zillow In Court, REA Backs Distilled, Hemnet's Free Tier & Rightmove Activist

In this week's news roundup, Ed, Harvey and Simon cover four big stories from four big companies: Zillow's latest legal setback, REA Group's return to Europe, Hemnet's free-to-list pivot and an activist investor at Rightmove. This episode is brought to you by Fusion 4 Ventures. Zillow loses its di‮…

S2E1: Redemption. The Mentalist Rewatch

S2E1: Redemption. The Mentalist Rewatch Title:The Mentalist Rewatch S2E1 "Redemption" | Rigsby & Cho Are Back! | The TV Police Podcast Description: The boys are back! Owain Yeoman (Wayne Rigsby) and Tim Kang (Kimball Cho) kick off Season 2 of The TV Police, the official-unofficial Mentalist rewatc‮…

News Roundup 09/10/26: AI-first Portals, M&A Updates and Product Talk

In this week's news roundup, three AI-first portals launch in the UK and Australia, 360Latam and SeLoger both buy niche players, and we ask whether the industry talks too much about product. Chapters:00:00 Intro02:03 The Rise Of AI-First Portals04:31 How Do You Market An AI Portal To Wary Consumer‮…