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.

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.

The Murdoch family’s Australian property business has boosted its offer for Britain’s Rightmove in a deal worth nearly £5.9bn. REA Group has improved its bid to nearly 750p a share, according to the Financial Times.

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.

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,

Rightmove Plc said it will consider a £6.1 billion ($8.1 billion) sweetened bid from REA Group Ltd., the third proposal in less than three weeks from the Australian property portal.

By Scott Murdoch and Himanshi Akhand (Reuters) -Australian property listing firm REA Group made a third pitch to buy British rival Rightmove with a new 6.1 billion pound ($8.12 billion) offer on Monday after its two previous offers were rejected.