Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty to be slashed. Over the weekend the hybrid agency hit the headlines because of a likely shareholder revolt this coming Thursday over executive bonuses. There has also been substantial speculation that... Source: Estate Agent...
September 2019
The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place next month. Keynote speakers include the central figures involved in the government’s reform programme including Matt Prior, the lead official at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and... Source: Estate Agent...
The German-based Alex Springer publishing company, which is already the largest single investor in Purplebricks, has acquired a prominent online estate agency and property valuation service in France. The acquisition of MeilleursAgents was via Axel Springer’s subsidiary AVIV, and complements the Springer-owned French property portals SeLoger and Logic-Immo; it appears to...
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Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning regulations aimed at the creation of more homes. Few specifics are set out but The Sun says: “Under the new rules, most house owners can add two more storeys to... Source: Estate Agent...
Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla analysis - and the main reason is stamp duty increasingly hitting investors and holiday home buyers. In contrast, demand from mortgaged home buyers is continuing to grow amidst a backdrop... Source: Estate Agent...
Purplebricks is reported to be facing a shareholder revolt this coming week at its annual general meeting because of bonuses paid to senior management. The Sunday Times says the shareholder advisory service ISS is urging investors in the troubled hybrid agency to vote against the management’s financial statements at its AGM... Source: Estate Agent...
Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government next week unveils populist policies ahead of a General Election, expect reform of SDLT to be high on the list. We all know about the recent speculation: Boris Johnson may... Source: Estate Agent...
London agency Foxtons has announced some management changes - the first since a shareholder revolt at the firm’s annual general meeting in May. After six years as chairman Garry Watts retires from the board before next May’s AGM; the company insists this is “in line with the board's succession plan.” Ian Barlow,... Source: Estate Agent...
When Jasmine Fakir moved from her home in Brent, north London, to look after her ill mother she certainly did not want to sell it. Yet within days it was on the market with three estate agents, having been broken into and ransacked by squatters. Fortunately Brent council intervened after a tip off... Source: Estate Agent...