The Market

It now takes an average of 250 days for a property to move from initial marketing to a completed sale.

High numbers of buyers are demanding significant discounts and 'failing to conduct themselves in a credible manner', reports Eccord.

'The generational divide in housing wealth sits at the heart of a lot of the tensions around housing, and how these older home owners elect to deploy their equity has the potential to shape the market…

Rightmove listed 46% fewer rental properties in Q1 this year than in Q1 2019, while processing 48% more tenant enquiries.

'Buyers are not feeling the same sense of urgency that they felt last year,' says says Frances McDonald of Savills Residential Research;' they’re more cautious and are happy to bide their time.'

31-branch agency Chestertons saw a 22% uplift in buyer enquiries last month, and brought 30% more properties onto the market.

Conflicting signals in recent months have highlighted the pitfalls of relying too heavily on house price indices, says Tom Bill.

But Garrington expects "further mixed conditions" and a lots more "dramatic headlines" in the coming weeks and months.

'Most of these 25 cities have outperformed 2019 rental values and look set to continue growing this year,' says Savills.

These days, nearly half of tenants in the historic PCL district are aged 29 and under, new data shows.

Santander has reported a 37% drop in mortgage applications in the last quarter.

Stable or upside scenarios have started to look more credible, says TwentyCi.