The PPW Podcast
Episodes
Merging a Real Estate Marketplace with a FinTech Business
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Does it make sense for banks or FinTech players to operate real estate marketplaces? Jorge Combe is the CEO of DD360, a company with a unique busines...
Are Real Estate Portals Invincible?
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Inspired by a PropTech & Portal Watch presentation by Malcolm Myers, Simon and Ed discuss some of the threats to real estate portals that have com...
Under The Radar Real Estate Marketplaces
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Online Marketplaces news team has to look through a lot of different real estate marketplace businesses and we often get naked if we've seen ...
Is Time Up for Classifieds Aggregators? with Rubrikk CEO, Adil Osmani
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ed and Simon are joined by Rubrikk Group CEO, Adil Osmani to talk about the future of real estate classified aggregators. These businesses sit above...
AI Staging and the Consumer Experience, with Stefan Gunnarsson, CEO at Proptexx
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s podcast, Harvey Hancock and Simon Baker speak to Stefan Gunnarsson, CEO at PropTexx.From which photos get the most attention, to the ...
The Idiot’s Guide to Running a Property Portal
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Edmund Keith interviews Simon Baker about running a real estate portal. They discuss the first steps a CEO should take, the importance of defending a...
Taking on Incumbents in the Italian Market, with Pietro Pellizzari
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ed and Simon are joined by Pietro Pellizzari, CEO of Wikicasa, to talk about the unique challenges and opportunities in the Italian real estate market...
Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace, with Dhruv Agarwala
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of our interview with Dhruv Agarwala, we discuss a much-needed topic: health and wellbeing. Dhruv is the ideal interviewee—his persona...
Growing to #1 in an Emerging Market, with Dhruv Agarwala
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dhruv Agarwala, CEO at REA India, joins Simon and Harvey for an in-depth conversation about the opportunities and challenges of operating a "not...
“I have an idea for a Startup: What do I do now?”
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Simon and Harvey get together to go through the early days of a PropTech startup. 0:00 intros and PropTech Startup Day 3:50 Takeaways from the first...
Lessons From Australia’s Leading Rentals Portal, with Greg Bader
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Bader, CEO at Rent.com.au, Australia's leading rentals platform, joins Simon and Harvey for a wide-ranging conversation including the housin...
News Roundup: Financials Season Winners and Losers
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Simon and Harvey take a quick dip into the Quarterly Financial results released in the past month, including big names like Square Yards, Hemnet, Open...
SEO vs Artificial Intelligence with Mike van der Heijden
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike van der Heijden, founder at Portal Ventures, joins this week's podcast to discuss all things SEO, search, and artificial intelligence. From...
What do AI-Powered Portals do Best?
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Paterson, CEO at Jitty, joins Harvey and Simon for a fascinating conversation about one of the world's first AI-powered real estate portal...
Is CoStar Overpaying for Matterport?
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Simon and Harvey get together for a quick rundown of this week's biggest story—CoStar Group's acquisition of tech and data giant Matterport...
Malcolm Myers on AI, CoStar, and Much More
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Expect conversations about monetization models across markets, whether AI is the real deal for agencies, crying over Rightmove, cobwebs in the closet...
Lessons From the Early Days of Rea Group With James Gray
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ed and Simon are joined by former REA Group man James Gray to talk about lessons learned from the days of explosive growth of the Aussie market leader...
From Portals to Transaction Platforms with Juwai IQI Chair, Georg Chmiel
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ed and Simon are joined by Georg Chmiel, co-founder and chair of Juwai IQI, discusses the end-to-end digital transaction model. Georg highlights the i...
From an Ice Cream Shop to a Real Estate Unicorn
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ed and Simon are joined by Dubizzle Group co-founder & CEO, Imran Ali Khan. Imran and his brother Zeeshan started off their entrepreneurial journe...
Are Number Two Portals Zoopla, Realtor.com and Domain About to Lose Their Places?
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There has been a lot of talk about well-funded challenger portals in the industry recently and not a lot of positive press around the number two porta...
Is AI the New ‘Mega Change’ for Property Portals?
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded on stage at PropTech & Portal Watch Bangkok Ed, Simon and Harvey discuss the conference's big question... Is AI the next seismic chan...
Real Estate Portals and AI
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ed and Simon are joined by Mal McCallion, the founder of AI consultancy ModelProp (and also a co-founder of the Prime Location portal in the UK) to ta...
The Past, Present and Future of Property Finder with Founder & CEO, Michael Lahyani
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Property Finder founder and CEO Michael Lahyani joins Simon Baker and Edmund Keith. These days Property Finder is a billion-dollar market leader in t...
Who will win the US 'Portal Wars'?
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ed and Simon are joined by 1000Watt CEO and former President of Inman.com, Brian Boero to talk about the US market. Buyer-side commissions are under...
Is iBuying dead? Who will buy idealista? What do we make of Zillow's results?
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ed, Harvey and Simon discuss three news items they've covered recently. The first topic is iBuying and OpenDoor, the largest iBuy...
What's so special about Property Portal Watch? With James Gray
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the hosts discuss the upcoming Property Portal Watch conference and its evolution over the years. They highlight the importance of ne...
Building a Successful Niche Marketplace - The Snowonly Story
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Online Marketplaces Editor Edmund Keith is joined by former REA Group CEO, Simon Baker and SnowOnly founder, Mark Lightfoot to discuss niche real esta...
The Future of Real Estate Search
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Online Marketplaces Editor Edmund Keith is joined by former REA Group CEO, Simon Baker to discuss the future of search on real estate marketplaces. Th...
Vendor Paid Markets
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Edmund Keith and Harvey Hancock are joined by former REA Group CEO, Simon Baker to discuss the concept of vendor-paid markets in the real estate indu...
Moving Portals Over Borders
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With CoStar looking to come to Europe and establish a real estate portal empire we look at how easy (or really hard) it is to take a property marketpl...
Exciting new content from Online Marketplaces in 2024
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the past eight years, OnlineMarketplaces.com has been bringing you real estate marketplace industry news and analysis and in 2024 we’re lookin...
Can Homes.com and OnTheMarket Become CoStar's Market Leaders?
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of the Property Portal Watch Podcast former REA Group CEO Simon Baker joins us to discuss the chances of CoStar's residential...