Late on a Friday afternoon in April 2017, Chris Wood, an estate agent and army veteran, received an email from a heavyweight London law firm. Attached was a 12-page letter accusing Wood of defaming ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Purplebricks has reached a deal to sell its business for £1, marking the end of the road for the upstart online ...

Online estate agent Purplebricks Canada told employees to ask their family and friends to leave glowing online reviews–“whether or not” they were Purplebricks customers. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg) ...

Purplebricks looked like a firm that was going out of business this time last year. Its share price fell from a high of 487p in 2018 to 0.31p in May 2023. Its collapse was avoided when it was rescued ...

Digital property agent Purplebricks has disclosed substantial losses during the year it was acquired by Strike, according to newly released figures. Fresh accounts lodged nine months beyond the ...

The chief executive of Purplebricks is to step down as the online estate agency undergoes a major restructure. Sam Mitchell has been the CEO of Strike since January 2018 and took over the same role at ...

Flat-fee real estate agency Purplebricks expanded into the U.S. last year after building a successful business in the United Kingdom and Australia, and after securing a sizable investment from ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Estate agents normally make good money in a hot property market. Not this one. Supply has lagged behind the ...

Tech-driven real estate brokerage Purplebricks released its 2019 results last week. After a failed U.S. expansion, the core U.K. business is still growing and remains profitable, but is facing ...

It is usually men who consider themselves dab hands at DIY. But in reality women are more prepared to roll their sleeves up and get on with home improvements, according to a survey. Doing DIY jobs can ...

Losses at estate agency Purplebricks have swelled over the past year following expansion overseas. The company reported a pre-tax loss of £26.1m for the year to April, up from a loss of £6m the year ...