LSL/Countrywide merger | Zoopla gain | Proptech loss

Breaking: Countrywide confirms merger talks this morning

Following reports on Sky over the weekend and confirmation this morning, industry experts wonder if it would make sense for the two companies to merge.

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Leading Essex and Suffolk estate agency joins Zoopla

Boydens, which has seven branches, has joined the portal for the first time and now lists with all three leading property portals.

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Barbon Insurance drops proptech acquisition Movem from its website

The automated valuations platform, which was bought by Barbon in 2018, has been expunged entirely from the financial services firm's website.

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Unusual estate agency branch that doubled as legal service shop closes

High street branch that mixed legal services including wills and conveyancing plus residential sales has shut up shop.

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Regional Report

Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their local market. This month we meet members of the Guild of Property Professionals in Wakefield, Walsall and Fareham.

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Family of estate agent ask court to show lenience to lorry driver

Andrew Mann was killed when lorry driver Wayne Mackay drove into his path during incident in Dorset, but family ask that he doesn't go to jail.

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