Rightmove has confirmed that its has entered into a new membership agreement with OpenRent.
This follows the news from earlier this week that Rightmove had terminated its contract with OpenRent effective from 1 September.
At the time, the firm said that the conditions for ongoing membership could not be agreed, adding that the firm represented less than 8% of its listings as of July.
The termination would have meant that landlord customers with OpenRent would not have been able to access Rightmove, but resale listings would not have been impacted.
OpenRent is an online lettings agent that operates in Rightmove’s estate agency division, with around 700 branch equivalents represented.
Rightmove said that the guidance for the year remains the same as it outlined in its half-year results.
This included expected revenue growth of 7-9% and an underlying operating margin of 70%, excluding one-off acquisition costs and Coadjute investment.
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.
