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Rightmove operates the UK's largest online residential property portal, connecting home buyers and renters with estate agents, lettings agents and property developers. Its highly profitable model is based mainly on subscription fees and value-added products sold to property professionals.
Online property listings, estate-agent and developer subscriptions, advertising, data services, mortgage and rental tools and digital products for property professionals and consumers.
The United Kingdom residential property market, covering estate agencies, lettings, new-build developers, home buyers, renters and related advertisers.
Agency and developer membership, average revenue per advertiser, housing-market activity, product upselling, mortgage services, data products and continued high consumer traffic.
Housing-market weakness, pressure on estate-agent numbers, competition from other portals, regulatory changes, technology disruption and resistance to subscription price increases.
31 July 2026: H1 delivered strong Estate Agency growth and higher ARPA, although New Homes membership fell 4% in the half. Management is increasing technology and AI investment and expects strategic growth areas to expand 20-30%, while shareholder returns are being enhanced through dividends and buybacks.
Rightmove operates a progressive dividend policy linked to earnings growth and returns additional surplus cash through buybacks. The 2026 interim dividend is 4.17p per share, payable on 23 October to shareholders on the register on 25 September.
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