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Cash buyers have been out in force this year
Jackson-Stops reports a 12% year-on-year increase in the number of all-cash purchases across England, with volumes also outstripping pre-pandemic levels
‘We have seen a huge rise of people returning to their roots’: Property market predictions from a Welsh buying agent
West Wales Property Finders boss Carol Peet expects demand for country and coastal homes to continue to run hot in 2022.
London market ‘showing no signs of a seasonal slowdown’
Buyer numbers were still rising last month, reports Chestertons, but bagging a bargain is becoming increasingly hard as vendors toughen up on price
Ranked: Britain’s top buyers’ & sellers’ markets of 2021
Rightmove has identified which areas have the highest and lowest proportion of property sales listings that have already found a buyer.
How long are people staying in the same home?
The average time between moves has fallen in London over the last two years - but we are generally moving far less regularly than we used to, reports Savills
Annual UK house price inflation eases back to +10.2%
The official UK House Price Index tells of a 1.1% dip in average property prices in October - but London prices jumped up in the month.
Stock levels dwindle in Prime London as vendors hold back
New instructions in November were down by nearly a quarter on the same month last year, reports LonRes
‘Agents are not seeing any signs that demand will slow in 2022’ – Propertymark chief
Nathan Emerson, CEO of estate agency trade body Propertymark, shares his predictions for the property market in the coming year.
‘The property market is likely to become more polarised’ – Garrington
The latest video update from national buying agency Garrington, delivered by Sky Sports presenter Olivia Wayne, looks back on a remarkable year for the property market, and makes some tentative predictions…
‘My advice to anyone thinking of exiting the London market is to do so ASAP’, says Cluttons resi boss
"We could see prices drop as much as 10%" next year, warns James Hyman, head of residential at estate agency Cluttons, as he shares his predictions for London's property market in 2022.
A ‘normal market beckons’ says Rightmove, as asking prices dip
2022 will be "closer to normal market conditions", says Rightmove, as it predicts 5% property price inflation over the next 12 months.