The Market

Estate agencies report 19% fewer house-hunters registered per branch in January 2019 compared to January 2018.

The average gap between asking prices and agreed sales prices in London has widened from just 1% three years ago to 5.1% today, reports Zoopla.

It now takes an average of 77 days for a property to go under offer, says Rightmove, up from 72 a year ago. The North West has seen the biggest acceleration in time taken to sell a home.

Estate agency's analysis argues that average rents in London have risen by just 2% since 2006, while sold prices have escalated by 55%.

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Prices and transactions down in a 'weak' start to 2019, reports London Central Portfolio; uncertainty in the capital has now 'permeated to the rest of the UK'

Kensington & Chelsea to launch consultation on tax experiment pioneered by Westminster last year, asking high-end homeowners if they would like to 'contribute a little more to the borough'

How have transactions and prices been holding up in the most exclusive of London enclaves?

'Owning a home with a mortgage now more affordable than 10 years ago', according to mortgage firm Private Finance, despite house prices soaring by 29%.

Guildford, Cambridge & Sevenoaks are Britain's top towns for property millionaires, says Zoopla, while over half of the homes in Kensington & Chelsea are worth more than £1m.

Official figures indicate that the monthly volume of residential property transactions is now close to the ten-year average, with little change over the last year.

Letting division of venerable PCL agency Russell Simpson reports busiest January in recent years, with deals up fourfold on 2018