Estate agent may be target for bid (Yorkshire Post Today) (Estate Agent)
Estate agent may be target for bid (Yorkshire Post Today)
American buy-out firm Apollo is reported to be thinking of a 950m bid for the UK’s largest estate agency chain, Countrywide. (05/02/2007 08:17:16)
‘Popularity’shock for estate agents (Harrogate Advertiser)
ESTATE agents are more popular in Yorkshire than anywhere else in the country, according to a survey.
3i said willing to re-enter fight for Countrywide (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Investment fund 3i will consider making another bid for estate agency Countrywide if U.S. rival Apollo Management made an offer, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Goodbye Jade, estate agents are moving in (Hertfordshire Mercury)
JADE Goody’s former beauty salon in Hertford is to become an estate agents.
American Firm Eyes Up Estate Agents (Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
American buy-out firm Apollo is reported to be thinking of making a 950m bid for the UK’s largest estate agency chain, Countrywide. The news comes just weeks after a management buy-out backed by investment group 3i was rejected by shareholders.
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