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A shareholder of Foxtons believes the agency could be worth £300m if sold today - substantially above its existing market capitalisation...

The UK’s largest housebuilder has agreed a deal to acquire its rival Redrow. The £2.5bn deal, backed by both company boards, would...

By Simon Shinerock At the time of writing, Rightmove had a market capitalisation of just under £4 billion, down almost 15% on...

Sky News is reporting that Boomin, the portal founded by Purplebricks creator Michael Bruce, is close to finalising a new round...

Purplebricks has announced that chief financial officer Stephen Long has been given a shares bonus as part of the company’s performance plan...

The Purplebricks share price remained relatively unchanged yesterday following the shock announcement that chief executive Vic Darvey was quitting the company...

Purplebricks’ share price has hit its lowest-ever level following the postponement of a trading statement after the company admitted a blunder...

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

In a trading statement this morning Foxtons has revealed that following a 49 per cent increase in sales revenue in the...

Hunters has agreed to extend the deadline for talks about a possible takeover by its rival, The Property Franchise Group. In early...

The Property Franchise Group has approached Hunters about a possible takeover. Confirmation came this morning in a statement from Hunters, which you can...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign, which expects to have some 3,000 offices signed up by the end of the month,...

Countrywide shares fell by just over 30 per cent yesterday as the stock market blood-letting continued for property stocks. The value fell 30.86...

It's been revealed this evening that Bruce Marsh, who was to become Countrywide's chief operating officer, is now not going to...

It’s been revealed that under takeover rules, LSL Property Services and Countrywide have until March 23 to make merger or takeover...

OnTheMarket’s share price slumped to an all-time low just before the end of trading last week. The price fell to 69.0p during trading on...

Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

Shareholders in the ailing Countrywide agency group appeared to remain largely indifferent to the news that their executive chairman Peter Long...

Speculation is growing that Rightmove could drop out of the prestigious FTSE-100 within the next few days as the stock exchange...

Countrywide's share price has dropped sharply following the announcement of the company's rescue plan - but the firm itself says this...

The agonisingly painful decline of Countrywide continues, with no one sure whether it is the darkest hour before the dawn or...

OnTheMarket has announced to the City and its shareholders that it’s to reveal its annual results tomorrow - the first such...

A study of estate agencies and portals floated on the London Stock Exchange suggests that digital companies have shown much better...

As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...

OnTheMarket’s share price fell just over five per cent yesterday, continuing its troubled launch on to the London stock exchange. It...

Agents’ Mutual has released more details of its float on the stock market, which begins on February 9 with a placing priced...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

Countrywide’s share price hit another new low yesterday of around 115.5p - a fall of just over four per cent on...

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

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...

The investment consultancy chosen by Agents’ Mutual to advise on its float plans - Zeus Capital - is the same one...

There’s barely a week that goes by when you don’t read about an estate or letting agency business that’s been acquired...

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...

Harry Hill - former chief executive of Countrywide and the founder of Rightmove, and one of the most respected figures in the...

Purplebricks has appointed Grant Thornton as its ‘growth adviser’ as the hybrid agency continues to fly high on the London stock...

Hybrid online estate agency Purplebricks is expected to start trading on the Stock Exchange on December 17. It has already raised £58.1m...