Online estate agent Purplebricks has been forced to defend its accounting practices after being hit with a winding-up petition from the taxman.

Online estate agency Purplebricks racked up huge losses in the year it was taken over by Strike, it has been revealed. New accounts filed nine months after the Companies House deadline show the firm’s ...

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. Online estate agent Purplebricks increased its UK revenues by about 20 per cent in the six months to October ...

(Reuters) - Purplebricks' founder and CEO Michael Bruce has quit after the pioneering online estate agent admitted it had chased international growth too quickly, saying it would now exit Australia ...

May 17 (Reuters) - British online estate agent Purplebricks (PURP.L), opens new tab, once valued at more than $1 billion, said on Wednesday it had agreed to be bought by smaller rival Strike for just ...

The chief executive of online property platform Purplebricks is to step down at the end of this month after a difficult three years in charge. Vic Darvey is leaving due to personal circumstances and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Forget the extension. Shore up the foundations instead. On Tuesday Purplebricks replaced its chief executive ...

Following months of uncertainty over Purplebricks’ future in the United States, the flat-fee brokerage is exiting the U.S. market, less than two years after launching in Los Angeles in September 2017.

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) ...

All is not well for rapidly expanding discount brokerage Purplebricks. The company’s shares fell the most on record after the brokerage lowered its outlook for the second time since early December.

Troubled online estate agent Purplebricks has agreed a deal to sell its business and assets for a nominal £1 to a rival backed by Carphone Warehouse and TalkTalk founder Sir Charles Dunstone. The deal ...