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Foxtons

December 2014

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Estate agency Foxtons revealed disappointing Q3 results with turnover of £39.9m (2013: £41.1m) and EBITDA down 21% to £14.2m, leaving EBITDA for the nine months up 5% to £39.2m. As a result it now expects EBITDA for the full year to be below last year’s with market volumes for H2 2014 expected to be significantly lower than 2013 levels.Foxtons blamed a toxic combination of political uncertainty (due to the mansion tax threat on £2m+ homes should Labour win the next election in May), economic concerns in Europe, tighter mortgage lending criteria and mismatches between the price expectations of buyers and sellers. Nevertheless, it is pressing on with its expansion, with seven new sites opened this ...

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