Countrywide has revealed this morning that it is to renew its listing with Zoopla and PrimeLocation for another three years for its multiple brands, which between them have nearly 1,000 branches across…
Read MoreCountrywide’s next Open House set to be largest yet
Countrywide has kicked off its latest national open house event which, despite recent branch closures and operational streamlining, is set to be the biggest yet. This will be the 15th time the…
Read MoreCountrywide’s CEO Alison Platt takes new role focussing on sales and lettings
Countrywide CEO Alison Platt (pictured, right) is to focus her efforts on the company’s main property businesses and leave other areas to her new finance chief, it has been revealed today. The…
Read MoreAre govt’s landlord tax chickens coming home to roost?
When agents warned the government that its anti-landlord tax measures would lead to higher rents, they were dismissed as scaremongers. But Countrywide’s latest rental index shows that the predictions weren’t far off…
Read MoreHumberts launches first dual online and high street lettings service
Humberts has launched the UK’s first switchable online-only and traditional managed lettings service for landlords. The announcement comes five months after the company said it would be relaunching its lettings operation headed…
Read MoreCountrywide digital roll-out helps it retain market share
The half-year results for Countrywide reveal it has hung on to market share despite an overall contraction in the UK sales market, helped mainly by the roll-out of its digital ‘low fee’…
Read MoreHalf of foreign buy-to-let landlords have quit UK
The number of foreigners who own buy-to-let properties in the UK has more than halved over the past seven years, it has been revealed. But despite this dramatic drop, they still earn…
Read MoreCountrywide CFO Jim Clarke retires, replaced by former G4S finance chief
Countrywide’s long-serving Chief Financial Officer Jim Clarke is to retire in July, making way for Himanshu Raja, who joins the company’s board on Monday and will take up position in August. Jim…
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