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Connells buys Countrywide
A year-end announcement from the country’s largest estate agency Countrywide has confirmed its agreement to being taken over by Connells. Countrywide is a listed company…
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Connells ups offer for Countrywide
Connells this week told Countrywide shareholders that its revised offer to buy the company, valuing it at £104m, was ‘the only tangible and actionable proposition…
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Countrywide estate agents receives In takeover bid
Countrywide, the UK’s largest listed estate agent has received a £82m provisional takeover bid from rival Connells. Countrywide, which has over 700 branches and owns…
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Landlord Companies Own Nearly a Fifth of Countrywide Property Investments
Nearly a fifth of Countrywide buy to let properties are now let through landlord companies, with numbers reaching record highs. The Hamptons International Monthly Lettings…
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Standard Variable Rate Losing Buy to Let Investors Money
Buy to let investors need to be savvy with their mortgages to avoid falling into bad value deals and ending up on a standard variable rate….
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Profit from Property Investments Reaches £86,651 for Average Landlord
The average landlord who sold their investment property in England and Wales during 2017 made £86,651 in profit having owned their home for an average…
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Bairstow Eves Records Rise in Accidental Landlords
New research from agents Bairstow Eves, part of the Countrywide Group, has shown that there has been a rise over the last three years in…
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2017 Rental Bill is the Highest on Record
UK renters paid out £51.6 billion in 2017, marking the highest rental bill on record. The UK’s rental bill was up £1.8 billion during 2017…
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Accidental Landlords Contribute 80,000 Properties to Buy to Let Market
Accidental landlords added 80,000 homes to the buy to let sector in 2017, as more homeowners prefer to rent their properties as opposed to waiting…
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Property Supply on Rise as Landlord Numbers Decline
The number of landlords in the UK has declined somewhat, despite a rise in housing supply and in existing landlords adding to their portfolios. The…