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The flotation of Agents’ Mutual on the London Stock Exchange could happen as soon as later this year following the endorsement...

I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has informally resolved another complaint made against wording on Purplebricks’ website.  A complainant suggested that the wording...

Countrywide’s share price hit a record low during trading yesterday afternoon when it dropped to 137.75p, having opened the day at...

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

The stock exchange seems to be on everyone’s lips at the moment. There’s Agents’ Mutual seeking to float on the Alternative Investment...

Purplebricks’ share price has now recovered all of the value it lost after being criticised on two BBC consumer programmes and...

Trustpilot, the review service quoted frequently by Purplebricks as evidence of its apparent popularity, is declining to comment on the adverse...

The share price of beleaguered hybrid agency Purplebricks has recovered some of the ground it lost earlier in the week after...

After a roller-coaster day on the Stock Exchange yesterday, Purplebricks has sought to defend itself against further possible share price losses...

Purplebricks’ share price this afternoon dropped to a recent low of 406.50p before recovering to close down about five per cernt...

Countrywide says the roll out of its online sales and lettings service is on schedule to reach 50 per cent of...

Speculation is growing over whether figures to be released by Countrywide on Thursday may prompt another fall in the troubled company’s...

It’s not happening here (yet) but several articles on US websites have started talking up the possibility of Amazon going into...

An expert analysis of the Purplebricks trading statement for 2016 reveals that the agency’s Local Property Experts each earn an average...

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

The chief economist of Price Waterhouse Coopers says that although by some measures the London housing market looks ripe for a...

The share price of hybrid estate agency Purplebricks dipped yesterday after it announced its US expansion will begin in California. Purplebricks' share...

Zoopla has been reported as saying hybrid estate agencies will not reach their professed targets of achieving 10 per cent of...

Reports in the commercial property industry publication Property Week suggest there may be difficulties concerning the sale of Countrywide’s commercial operation,...

Purplebricks' share price moved up over two per cent yesterday on the strength of its latest trading statement - but its...

A London investment broker says Purplebricks’ share price - currently around 300p - could rise another 50 per cent or more...

Countrywide’s share price, which just over three years ago was riding high at just above 685p, has hit a new low...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has released more details of its ‘calling-in’ of the acquisition of Expert Agent by Zoopla Property...

A Financial Times article reports a bank analysis shows Purplebricks with a market share of 3.3 per cent of properties marked...

Foxtons has received lavish praise from investment consultancy Jefferies despite long-term share price worries reflecting its mixed performance in the troubled...

Swiss bank UBS has downgraded Countrywide’s status to ‘sell’ in a move which has prompted the troubled estate agency’s share price...

Countrywide has successfully placed 21.6m shares to institutional investors at the competitive price of 175p per share - allowing it to...

The Purplebricks stock market bull run took yet another huge leap forwards yesterday with its share price up 20 per cent...

The remarkable bull run on the London Stock Exchange continues for hybrid estate agency Purplebricks, which floated shares at 100p just...

Zoopla has released details of the profit some of its agents have made from its 2014 offer to purchase shares at...

Zoopla Property Group’s £120m purchase of Hometrack, announced yesterday evening, is part of its aim to create “the UK’s most valuable...

Purplebricks has issued its second statement to the City on successive trading days - and its share price has risen by...

The board of Purplebricks has issued a statement to the City saying it has no idea what lies behind the soaring...

The stock market appears to be continuing its love affair with Purplebricks, as the hybrid agency share price rose once again...

An American investment analyst has used the Motley Fool online city column to give a glowing endorsement to one of the...

Countrywide’s long-term share price decline and turbulent branch closure programme have not prevented a relatively positive endorsement of the group’s strategy and...

Countrywide’s share price closed slightly down again yesterday to finish trading at 176.0 after news emerged that the group was selling...

Countrywide estate agency group is to drop out of the FTSE 250 from the start of trading on December 19. The news...

It’s a tale of two estate agencies - Britain’s biggest, seemingly in trouble, and the second biggest, winning a seal of...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has told Estate Agent Today the transformation she wishes to see within the group may take...

Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...

Jefferies, the City investment service known for its analysis of major residential sector firms, forecasts Foxtons’ transactions to fall 10 per...

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

Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election.  Camilla...

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...

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

The share prices of Countrywide and LSL Property Services diverged yesterday in response to both agency groups being downgraded by influential...

Jefferies, a major City adviser, is downgrading its 2016 estimate for Countrywide’s performance over the rest of this year. In a statement...

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

Investment group Shore Capital says the future expansion of digital property advertising means Zoopla shares - despite recent growth - are...

An equity specialist has warned that shareholders may now choose this is the time to sell their stakes in Purplebricks because...

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

City consultancy Jefferies has made a blistering attack on Purplebricks’ sales performance and finances, saying “the arithmetic…still does not add up.”  Last...

I’m indebted to one of the most enthusiastic estate agents I’ve had the pleasure of meeting for suggesting the subject of...

The news that Theresa May will be installed as Prime Minister tomorrow has immediately stabilished the share prices of estate agents...

As post-Brexit referendum vote shockwaves continue to reverberate around stock markets and currency exchanges, many publicly-quoted property companies took a hit...

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

The Daily Mail is reporting that the finance chief at much-discussed hybrid agency Purplebricks has purchased shares that are now worth...

Cashing in on the publicity surrounding the share price of Purplebricks and recent entries into hybrid estate agency by Countrywide and...

As we have just passed the 6 month half way point of 2016 we thought it would be a good idea...

There has been a muted response from the City to the announcement just before the weekend that high-end estate agency Savills...

The Financial Times is reporting that a shareholders’ rebellion may be on the cards at Foxtons as some with a stake...

One of the founders of online agency Purplebricks says his aim is for the firm to become the "first choice" for...

The Motley Fool, a widely-read City investment column, says a Leave vote could result in a fall in housing market transaction...

The respected investment advice website Motley Fool has poured cold water on the stock market fortunes of Purplebricks, despite a huge...

It’s certainly been a rollercoaster ride but the latest closing share value of Purplebricks, which floated in mid December, is now...

Countrywide has continued its acquisition programme by taking over a company consulting with house builders in the Home Counties and London.  The acquisition...

Purplebricks, the online agency that floated a month ago at 100p per share, was yesterday down to 75.0 at one point...

There has been more volatile stock market trading for some of the industry’s highest-profile agencies.  Countrywide - whose chief executive Alison Platt...

Purplebricks recorded a volatile bout of trading on London’s Stock Exchange yesterday, where it ended the day with a 5.7 per...

It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...

Estate agents’ share prices have taken a knock after poor figures reported to the City by Countrywide suggested a wider malaise...

It’s rare for an incumbent to pivot to a disruptive business model, even in the face of compelling logic that they...

OnTheMarket has made a defiant response to news that Zoopla is growing both its estate agent membership and its property listings...

Shares in Foxtons start the week at 244 after staging a dramatic stock market recovery following a poor set of figures. The...

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

Some 87 per cent of Zoopla members who bought discounted shares in the firm last year have made additional purchases this summer...

Members of Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) who purchased discounted shares ahead of the firm’s Initial Public Offering last June will have...

Zoopla remains unbowed by its loss of 23 per cent of its UK agents and says it has new statistics proving...

Zoopla Property Group is looking for more potential acquisitions following its surprise announcement that it is buying price comparison website uSwitch. ZPG...