# Simon Baker

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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 Se…

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 PAX…

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 marke…

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 S…

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 busi…

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 dis…

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 rewatch…

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 Consumers…