EYE NEWSFLASH: Emoov and Tepilo reported to be in £100m merger talks

Sky News is reporting that online agents Emoov and Tepilo are in talks about a merger that would result in a publicly quoted firm, set to challenge Purplebricks.

Sky New said that the two companies are at an advanced stage of negotiations, with an agreement likely within days.

The deal would involve the acquisition of an un-named third-party estate agent as well as a deal with Channel 4’s Commercial Growth Fund, which gives free air time for adverts in exchange for an equity stake.

Sky News says sources believe the combined business would be worth over £100m. It would seek a stock market listing this autumn, with Cenkos Securities lined up to take the company public.

Emoov is headed by Russell Quirk, while Tepilo was set up by C4 TV presenter Sarah Beeny.

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22 Comments

  1. Ric

    £100m…

    £115m and not a penny less…

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    1. Typhoon

      Whoever buys its shares will be “Pennyless”

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    2. Shaun77

      Brilliant!

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  2. Estate_Agent_Memes

    As I predicted many months ago – we will be left with just a few DIY agents as they can’t survive/make enough money on their own.

    Merger number one underway!

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  3. Mark Walker

    Slow hand clap.

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    1. ArthurHouse02

      2 companies, neither making any money, investors (mugs) losing faith, so they create this merger. Over the next few weeks, expect news about the new company having 20% market share by 2020,prompting a new round of funding ahead of the share sale.

      Quirkys not a dumbass is he. He’ll become a millionaire out of this and the only employee or shareholder to make any money

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  4. AgencyInsider

    £100 million? Ludicrous.

    £100 more like.

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  5. Gotcha

    Hahahahahahhahhahhaaaahhhhhaaaaaa. Ohhhh hhaaahhahhhaaaahhhhhahaa.

    And that’s just Purplebricks laughing!!!

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  6. PeeBee

    Forgive the cut’n’paste from an earlier post:

    Wonder what the name will be?

    TepiMoov?

    eMoopilo?

    Or – what about a three-way tie with the self-appointed ‘champion’ of industry users?

    Homeowners Alliance Real Estate…

    …H0ARE for short.

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    1. Ostrich17

      How about Queeny or Birky ?

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      1. P-Daddy

        Quirkilo Mookilo

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  7. smile please

    So they are not sustainable as individual companies and do not have the market share respective investors were promised.

    Merge the two companies, lower headcount in head offices to save a few quid and grow a little in combined market share. Sounds good in theory. However what will they do in another 18/24 months, merge again with another under performing onliner? Maybe Yopa?

     

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  8. Eastsidestory90

    This merger is not about bringing two successful companies together, but more about keeping two unsuccessful companies afloat.

    It’s merely a case of kicking the can down the road whilst making a bit of money off stock market traders at the same time.

    There is no money in this business model.

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  9. J1

    No it won’t in the real world – £100 maybe to us in the know

    Call it Tipyourhat to the mugs who pay you up front

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  10. sspm

    Cheap money is floating around .

    Early result of the new changes in more and more legislation . Soon a lot more small agents could  be in similar situation,trying to stay above wayer and maintain high overheads.

    charging clients almost nothing and you cant survive.

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  11. Property Poke In The Eye

    Lol…. It just gets better by the day.

    These companies keep on disrupting each other.

    They need Not Simple as part of the duoply.  It will make it easier for me to keep tabs on the disruption not.

     

     

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  12. Shaun77

    What a good use of investor money. Blow a fortune on TV advertising for both brands during Q1 when you know full well that one of them is about to dissapear.

    Besides that, you have two companies that have yet to make a tanner combining to create what exactly?

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  13. surrey1

    Like DiCaprio and Winslet grimly hanging on in the freezing waters. One of them is dead and doesn’t even realise, the other one (Russell probably) will be talking about it fondly 60 years later when no one has a clue what they’re on about but doesn’t want to upset them either.

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  14. spin2009

    Makes sense and the acquisition of a “bricks and mortar” street brand even more sense,  using a consolidated traditional agent to bring “real feel” to the online offering. Credibility comes from being to find your LPE sitting (on occasion) behind a desk.  P Bricks better get C Wide while they still can.

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  15. PaulC

    Funny

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  16. Shaun77

    I’m probably going off topic here but I recently got into a spat on Facebook with Emoov and, to my surprise, Russel responded.

    However, when I proved my point within the thread  (that it’s ludicrous for Emoov to cite AllAgents as some bastion of  review fairness given Emoov entered into a significant commercial arrangements with AlllAgents some years back) I was blocked by Facebook from being able to comment on any further posts.

    Is this legal? If not, why isn’t anyone challenging it?

    The real frustration is that I still receive all the marketing nonsense from Emoov in my timeline but I’m no longer able to comment..

    #transparencymyarse

     

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  17. Property Poke In The Eye

    This DIY online Agency is a scam.  It must be stopped.

    Investors are being misled.  They will never make money.

    The Financial Conduct Authority needs to investigate.

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