Rightmove has said it will “carefully consider” a new £6.1bn bid from Rupert Murdoch’s property website business as the two sides move a step closer to a deal.

Property listings website has managed to extract quickfire sweeteners from REA worth about £500m by previously keeping its doors closed

REA Group, the Australian online property website majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire, said Monday it has made a third multi-billion-pound offer to buy British peer Rightmove. REA reiterated that should it succeed in buying Rightmove,

REA Group said it was "genuinely disappointed at the lack of engagement" by Rightmove as it upped the amount of money on offer and said it had improved the terms for current shareholders.

REA up its offer for Rightmove a second time to £6.1 bn - The REA board urged Rightmove shareholders “to encourage the board of directors of Rightmove to engage in constructive discussions.”

The improved offer would see REA Group pay a 9.2% higher price than the one it originally offered to pay in its Sept. 5 bid

Britain's Rightmove said on Monday it would carefully consider Australian property listing firm REA Group's sweetened 6.1 billion pound ($8.12 billion) takeover bid for the company, after rejecting two previous proposals.

REA Group Ltd. increased its offer for Rightmove Plc to £6.1 billion ($8.1 billion), expressing frustration at the UK property portal’s refusal to even discuss a deal.

Australia’s largest property listings group REA, which is majority owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, has launched a third bid for UK rival Rightmove, valuing it at £6.1bn. REA made the cash-and-shares offer on Sunday based on a price of 770 pence a share,

The Australian property listings website, whose majority owner is Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, has brought forward a new offer.