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The share price of LSL Property Services dropped around 16 per cent at one point yesterday following a profits warning given...

Purplebricks’ official statement on the departure of chief marketing officer Ben Carter merely says he’s leaving at the end of the...

Purplebricks chief marketing officer Ben Carter is quitting the company; he was appointed late last year. Carter tweeted this afternoon: “Some personal...

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p.  This is less...

The leader of the organisation proposing a class action against Purplebricks says there’s been a “phenomenal” response to his request for...

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...

An online estate agency insists the online/hybrid sector will take a 50 per cent market share in the future - despite...

GetAgent, the comparison estate agency business, has secured £2.2m in investment from a consortium of investors including Channel 4. The backers are...

House Network, one of the first ever online estate agencies, is alleged to be considering calling in administrators. Two reliable sources close...

The chief executive and founder of a developer and property investment group says Purplebricks is “an excellent business” but its recent...

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...

Purplebricks’ eye-watering share price fall yesterday was greeted with widespread satisfaction by property professionals outside the online sector. The agency’s share price...

Countrywide, the troubled estate agency group thought by some to be near collapse, has delayed issuing its interim figures which were...

It’s being suggested that Countrywide’s rights issue, previously expected to be announced this week, may now be delayed. The Times says the...

It’s being reported this morning that Countrywide will seek new investment of over £100m, probably in the next few days.  The Sunday...

So here’s the thing. It’s summer - not much going on, school holidays about to start, industry publications filling out space...

Countrywide’s share price has taken a massive hit this morning - down well over 20 per cent - following a surprise...

As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the hybrid agency has had a good week...and a bad one. Undeniably impressive...

Jefferies - the City consultancy which has in the past worked with Countrywide - has cuts its forecasts for the troubled...

Alison Platt may have been ousted but Countrywide appears not to be out of the woods yet as its share price...

A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...

The chief executive may have left, the share price may still be languishing around 100p and only days ago the firm...

There was confirmation this morning, as expected, that Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has quit - but so far there is no...

It is being reported that staff at Countrywide have been told that embattled chief executive Alison Platt is leaving the agency...

Shares in troubled agency group Countrywide have fallen to their lowest-ever level of 106.40p in trading this morning. Yesterday shares fell a...

A house builder has set aside £7m to spend on repairs to its own new properties after a series of complaints...

LSL Property Services - which owns agency brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has reported strong...

There has been a gloomy response to the latest Knight Frank measure of house price sentiment - the first of its...

An equities analyst has suggested that some of the most extreme warnings of housing market chaos after a Brexit vote came...

Agency and other property shares that have been buffetted in the past two trading days have now stabilised - in most...

Foxtons says the vote to leave the EU means the expected upturn in the housing market in the second half of...

The UK’s largest estate agency group has upgraded its profits forecast to the City - just over 10 weeks after issuing...

Higher stamp duty for the most expensive properties and the lack of a post-election bounce are being blamed for a profits...