HBOS has sold its remaining stake in Rightmove as the faltering housing market puts extra pressure on the estate agents who advertise through the site. The bank, which owns Halifax, announced yesterday that it had sold 13 per cent of the UK’s biggest residential property website for £59. The bank held 20 per cent of Rightmove when the company floated on the London stock market in 2006 and sold 11 million shares in two tranches last year. The sale of the Rightmove stake by Britain’s biggest mortgage lender came as Humberts, one of Britain’s oldest estate agents, suspended its shares yesterday morning and said it was seeking to clarify its financial condition. In a further sign of gloom for the property market, Crest Nicholson, the commercial and residential developer owned by HBOS and Sir Tom Hunter, is shedding 10 per cent of its staff, or about 80 people. Read More