Agents pressurise rightmove to cut costs

The Negotiator has a good report on the pressure being applied by the larger agents on Rightmove.

But what is very interesting from this post is the following:

'...Grenville Turner, chief executive of Countrywide, confirms that he is in negotiations with most of the property portals about the group’s future relationship with them.

He says the negotiations are based on a year-long internal research project the group has undertaken to examine its online strategy, including the coverage it gets from individual portals and their fees....'

I for one would like to see this research.