Countrywide takeover rumours | Qualifications delay | Landlord exodus




Countrywide share price leaps by 23% following ‘predator’ rumours

The estate agency chain has refused to comment but City traders clearly think that the possibility of a takeover or purchase has some credibility.

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Minimum qualifications proposals to take ‘at least’ three years to become law

Proposed minimum NVQ qualification for industry could take years to become a reality particularly if there is a snap election this year.

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Prince Harry’s former girlfriend marries a Savills estate agent

Actress Cressida Bonas announced on Twitter yesterday that she is engaged to Harry Wentworth-Stanley who works in Savills' land team.

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Huge exodus of landlords predicted as extra time, cost and red tape take their toll

A survey by insurer LV= reveals that 41% of the UK's 1.5 million private landlords are getting fed up with the government's deliberately 'hostile environment'.

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Industry warns hard line on EU immigration will cause ‘distress’ for renters, landlords and agents

ARLA says a planned transition following Brexit was the agreed path with government, not Priti Patel's proposed sudden hard border on 31st October.

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