The Market

The market backdrop remains challenging, but there are some early signs that activity is picking up.

Savills has surveyed 1,200 prospective prime property buyers and sellers to see how attitudes have shifted in the last year.

But the government says it is "currently building cases against companies who have failed to register by the deadline, working with law enforcement to prioritise action against the most egregious offenders

The property market is showing "unseasonal pricing restraint", says Rightmove as the average UK asking price rises by just 0.2% in the last month.

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The chaos that followed the mini-Budget affected UK property markets at all price points, says Knight Frank's Tom Bill - and all sectors now seem to be recovering.

Super-rich renters are setting new records in the capital's top neighbourhoods, reports boutique agency.

Bill Spreckley of Stacks Property Search has some sage advice for house-hunters dealing with tricky vendors.

London's average weekly rent fell 4% last month, says Foxtons. But rental prices are still 14% higher than at this time last year.

The number of foreign buyers entering the property market across England and Wales increased by 3.2% over the last year - with some areas seeing surges of up to 18.8%.

Industry Reactions: Property insiders weigh-in on the latest UK HPI, which tells of another fall for property prices in February

But a surge in under-offers could see a bounce-back in Q2.