David Callaghan
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Countrywide stuns City with results
The UK’s biggest estate agency group, Countrywide, surprised the City with better than expected results.
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Countrywide surprises City with results
Countrywide has revealed better than expected revenues for 2016.
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Bovis offers cash to buyers to meet target
Bovis Homes offered customers up to £3,000 to complete on homes that weren’t finished.
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M&B turnaround gathers pace
Mitchells & Butlers, which runs Harvester and All Bar One pubs, reported like-for-like sales rose 4.7% over Christmas and New Year.
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Councils sell historic buildings
Local authorities are selling off assets such as historic buildings and concert halls to raise money.
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Auction news in brief
A large basement area below St Katharine Docks, E1, with potential for a bar or restaurant, beat its £600,000 guide
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Resi auctions ‘will stay active in 2017’
Allsop Residential auctioneer Gary Murphy has predicted a sustained level of activity this year
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AHL in service at Kent manor house
Leyswood House sold at Auction House London’s 14 December sale for its guide price of £1.5m
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Barnard Marcus ends 2016 on a high
Barnard Marcus recorded one of its best success rates of the year six days before Christmas
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Lloyds to be sold by spring
The government is set to sell its remaining stake in Lloyds Bank by the spring.
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Cheap mortgages set to disappear
Mortgage lenders are set to pull the plug on their most competitive deals.
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Bookies suffer festive blues
The performance of the top premier league teams like Chelsea has hit bookmakers’ profits.