Countrywide Shares – A safe investment punt?

Looking at the very recent tumble in share value of Countrywide – Is it now at a value that is worth investing in?

Such a nationally recognised brand surely must have within its tanks some fuel to re-ignite its presence within high street estate agency? Countrywide can not go from somewhat hero status to zero in such a rapid decline in value unless of course there are plans internally that we do not know about and it is all part of the re-building process that we are not privileged to?

In the last calendar month (July – Aug 2018) we have seen a share price high of 55.76 to a low today (Aug 2nd 2018) of 18.58 which is a 66.67% drop! Live Stock Exchange price here.

Can Countrywide reclaim share value? Is it the fact that the company are looking to raise a net sum of £111m? What if eMoov comes knocking???

Christopher Walkey

Founder of Estate Agent Networking. Internationally invited speaker on how to build online target audiences using Social Media. Writes about UK property prices, housing, politics and affordable homes.

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