Purplebricks shares crash by a third
February 21, 2019
The online estate agent concept Purplebricks who seem to be taking on the world have seen their share price plummet recently following negative news on their international expansion and a recently weakened market in the UK.
A 37% drop was seen this week (currently 26.06% when writing this article) which goes against their fairly robust since 2012. Live share price can be viewed here. A downgraded revenue forecast has been announced from £165-175 million to £130-140 million.
Full story released on Yahoo website.
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