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Countrywide’s former management seriously damaged the company’s share value and status by adopting a flawed business plan - and then executing...

A statement this morning from Countrywide's board says both its executive chairman and its group managing director are leaving the company.  It...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Connells has issued a counter statement to this morning’s announcement by Countrywide that a possible takeover is underway. At 7am Countrywide revealed...

Foxtons has announced that its remuneration policy for senior management is to stay unchanged - and it says a voting problem...

The senior management from four of the agencies announced as founding members of Boomin have spoken out in favour of the...

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...

A North of England estate agency has been acquired in a management buyout. Dowen Estate Agents has eight branches across the North...

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

Boomin, the new portal being set up by the founders of Purplebricks, is holding a series of confidential webinars next week...

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....

There appears to have been a small shareholder rebellion at Countrywide’s annual general meeting over the company’s remuneration of senior management. No...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

Rightmove has confirmed that its group finance director is to step down at the end of next month. Robyn Perriss is retiring...

Foxtons - which has recently closed branches and furloughed staff - has described a shareholder rebellion over senior management bonuses and pay...

There's widespread expectation that Foxtons’ senior management will face sharp criticism at the company’s Annual General Meeting today. The hottest issue at...

Foxtons' Annual General Meeting next month is to be held virtually, meaning voting will be electronic. A feature of last year’s AGM...

OnTheMaket has this morning announced a raft of what it calls ‘mitigating measures’ to help it survive the Coronavirus crisis. These include...

Knight Frank is furloughing agents and other staff with the company topping up the taxpayers’ funding to ensure employees get 100...

Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...

While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...

Estate Agent Today understands that three senior figures have departed from a key central London branch of Knight Frank. Each of them was...

Countrywide and LSL Property Services have this morning confirmed that talks are underway about a possible mega-merger. This confirms the speculation yesterday that...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...

2020, the start of a new decade. Looking back, 2010 feels like such a long time ago, and looking forward to...

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...

Countrywide's senior management has won overwhelming backing from shareholders for its strategy of selling its commercial arm and consoliating its shares. Today's...

Countrywide's senior management has won overwhelming backing from shareholders for its strategy of selling its commercial arm and consoliating its shares.         Earlier...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today for November - the festive month of December is just around the...

Foxtons has revealed that the chair of the troubled agency’s remuneration committee has stood down with immediate effect. This are also unconfirmed...

Troubled London estate agency Foxtons says it has rewritten its remuneration policy for its senior management following a shareholder revolt at...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has today published the paperwork behind the recent Countrywide £10m accounting controversy. Published on the RICS...

Countrywide’s ever-patient investors appear to have been unfazed by the company’s latest compliance issue, which has led to a £100,000 fine...

Purplebricks' senior management avoided a shareholder revolt yesterday during the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM). Last weekend, it emerged via the Sunday...

The Purplebricks share price dropped by 1% to 108p yesterday as investors prepare for today's Annual General Meeting. The hybrid agency's market...

Purplebricks is reported to be facing a shareholder revolt this coming week at its annual general meeting because of bonuses paid...

London agency Foxtons has announced some management changes - the first since a shareholder revolt at the firm’s annual general meeting...

Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

Connells Group has this morning announced a profits dip for the first six months of the year.  Its pre-tax profits were £26.2m...

Countrywide is now “beyond salvation” according to former chief executive Harry Hill. The industry veteran, who also founded Rightmove, made the remark...

Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...

It appears that at least three Countrywide brands are undergoing branch closures as the company’s cuts continue to bite. Estate Agent Today...

An agent with over 29 years of experience has taken over as  chief executive officer at Humberts - just as the...

The Annual General Meeting of Foxtons shareholders in London has seen a dramatic rebellion against bonuses for senior management. There were 14 resolutions put...

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

A former senior management figure at Rightmove and online estate agency Doorsteps is going it alone for a new holiday property...

Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...

Purplebricks has revealed that it’s given its new global chief operating officer 700,000 shares - valued at around £165p each that...

Peter Long, the chairman of the troubled Royal Mail organisation, has stepped down from that role to focus full time on...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up on the major moves in the agency industry over...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

It’s not just the bosses’ pay incentives that have been a problem for Countrywide’s senior management - it appears the company...

Countrywide appears to have backtracked on a move which could have seen its three most senior executives receive some £20m in...

  Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - a thinner than usual edition as the industry enjoys the last of the...

Today sees the first of a series of important deadlines which will determine the success of otherwise of Countrywide’s controversial rescue...

The chief executive of the newly-expanded Emoov group has been giving details of the merger with Tepilo and the possibility of...

Sky News is reporting that Countrywide faces a new crisis - this time over senior management remuneration, particularly for its executive...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

Senior management at Countrywide came in for a pasting on Twitter yesterday as TV market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor...

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

Countrywide is in no rush to appoint a new chief executive, following the experience of having Alison Platt in the post...

Conveyancing services firm My Home Move has launched a portal which it claims gives users complete transparency checking their conveyancing progress.  eWay, which is...

Franchise agency Winkworth is marking International Women’s Day - that’s today - by celebrating the achievements of its female franchisees and...

The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...

Belvoir has revealed that it has won the backing of a minority shareholder in The Property Franchise Group to resume merger...

After some months of speculation within the industry, high-profile supplier Reapit has confirmed today that it is the subject of a...

Beauchamp Estates has announced that it will have a fourth prime central London office following its merger with Marylebone-based Hanover.  The Marylebone...

Sources within Countrywide say the latest senior management figure to leave the company is Sam Tyrer, who under her title of...

One of the industry’s leading analysts says Countrywide’s figures for the first half of 2017 are likely to be tough -...

Countrywide has announced an extensive reorganisation of senior management at its Hamptons International brand - with a pledge to "reach into...

One of Countrywide’s most senior management figures has become the managing director of the UK activities of US estate agency Keller...

Knight Frank is the latest agency to cut staff on the prime London sales side because of the downturn. In an announcement...

Gareth Overton, until recently regional director at Countrywide’ Gascoigne Pees brand, has joined regional independent Henry Adams as head of residential...

Countrywide's regional director Martin Coombes has quit the company, having worked for it since the early 1990s. A statement to Estate Agent...

Countrywide's second most senior management figure - Head of Retail Sam Tyrer - is to speak before an industry audience next...

The former ‘retail director’ of Countrywide’s south east operations, Keith Knight, has left the troubled agency group and has returned to...

Countrywide’s share price started the week at below 200 for the first time - about 30 months after it was riding...

The former chief executive of Countrywide, Harry Hill, has tweeted that on a four mile walk encountering hundreds of estate agents’...

An estate agency in Wales has recruited a head of PR with a difference - Moginie James' latest edition to its senior...

The UK's largest estate agency has announced another key departure from its senior management team.  Graham Bell, managing director for London, is...

Countrywide’s former senior management rejected an invitation to buy 10 per cent of eMoov for £100,000 five years ago, according to the...

Sarah Beeny’s Tepilo agency says it intends to more than double its size in the next six months and cites Purplebricks...

With Euro 2016 kicking off in Paris on Friday evening and employment chiefs urging firms to be flexible with working hours...

Zoopla Property Group has gone for a new chief financial officer steeped in online and digital experience rather than one with...

Estate Agent Today understands that Countrywide's Chief Information Officer is the latest high-profile manager to leave the organisation. Oliver Skagerlind joined Countrywide,...

Countrywide has confirmed that another three senior management figures have left the group as its restructuring continues apace. Estate Agent Today revealed...

Another three senior management figures have left Countrywide as the restructuring of Britain’s largest estate and letting agency continues apace. The latest...

The chief executive of Countrywide, Britain’s largest estate and letting agency group handling around one in 10 of all residential transactions,...

Restructuring turmoil continues within Countrywide, Britain’s largest estate and letting agency group, with several managers reportedly being handed notices referring to...

Harry Hill, the former Countrywide chief executive, has described his old company as “going backwards” following the publication of its half-year...

A former director of Foxtons has been appointed chief executive of a high-profile London estate agency chain.  James Evans takes up the...