Countrywide’s share price yesterday went from little over 7p to 360p in one fell swoop. Is it the end of uncertainty about the troubled company after years of management crises? Is it new-found confidence in the housing market as 2020 dawns? No, the answer is highly technical - and does not suggest... Source: Estate Agent...
December 2019
Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price of property in Bristol is £316,410, which is around £283,000 cheaper than in the capital, while homes for sale in Bristol spent an average of 50 days on the... Source: Estate Agent...
Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday for most of the UK until the middle of April. Everyone at Estate Agent Today, the other ‘Today’ titles and at Angels Media wishes you and your family and friends... Source: Estate Agent...
The year just ending was when the North-South divide in house prices and capital appreciation slammed into reverse gear according to the Halifax. The lender says that while house prices were sluggish across the UK in 2019, parts of northern England saw a very different picture and the region took almost... Source: Estate Agent...
For the stock market generally, 2019 has been a positive year - but a few high profile agencies and associated companies have bucked the trend and seen spectacular share price falls. The FTSE-100 started the year at a little over 6,730 and is ending at well over 7,630 - an extremely... Source: Estate Agent...
The government introduced the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive into UK law just before Christmas - and it has a significant implication for agents. It was introduced as part of The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and comes into force in two weeks time in January 10 2020. This is... Source: Estate Agent...
A senior regional estate agent says the appliance of PropTech has helped his company streamline communications, reduce sales times, and generate more fees. Matt Nicol, owner of Midlands firm Nicol & Co, says that arranging suitable times to speak with clients has been a challenge which has had an impact on... Source: Estate Agent...
A high end estate agency says prices in Prime Central London are poised to rise 18 per cent by 2024 despite short term worries over Brexit. Knight Frank says there will be only modest growth in the short-term as the threat of a no-deal Brexit persists, combined with the possibility of... Source: Estate Agent...
Countrywide's senior management has won overwhelming backing from shareholders for its strategy of selling its commercial arm and consoliating its shares. Today's special general meeting of the agency group's shareholders - called, unusually, in the Christmas holiday period - backed the sell off of Lambert Smith Hampton with 99.97 per cent... Source: Estate Agent...
Countrywide's senior management has won overwhelming backing from shareholders for its strategy of selling its commercial arm and consoliating its shares. Today's special general meeting of the agency group's shareholders - called, unusually, in the Christmas holiday period - backed the sell off of Lambert Smith Hampton with 99.97 per cent... Source: Estate Agent...