Rightmove launches recruitment drive to expand account manager team

Rightmove is set to grow its team of account managers by a quarter to further increase the level of service for agents.

The recruitment drive comes alongside ongoing innovation for agents to help them win more instructions, prioritise the hottest leads and help with efficiencies in the current busy market.

In an encouraging sign of more stock coming to the market Rightmove saw the number of valuation leads sent to agents jump by 20% over the past week, with demand from prospective buyers up by 80% on the same week in 2019, while rental demand is up by 53%.

Rightmove’s Agency Director Dave Anderson said: “We want to increase the level of help and support for agents to make sure they’re making the most of all of the tools that are included in their membership, to take advantage of the current market conditions. As well as our most popular tools like the Best Price Guide and market share reports, a number of agents are also using more recent innovations such as Viewings Manager, an appointment booking tool which is also included in their membership, to cut down on tenant no-shows. Other agents are demonstrating their SSTC successes by using our Sold by Me product to target prospective sellers within property search. We need to make sure agents are getting more of our time so they’re aware of everything available to them that could help them grow their market share further in their local area, and also see if we can help their teams cut down on admin so they can focus more on building up their pipeline.”