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Strutt & Parker now expects PCL property prices to end this year 2-5% higher than they started it, having predicted 5-10% growth through 2022 just a few months ago.

JLL estimates that sterling buyers are currently paying 35% more for London properties than they were in 2014, while those purchasing in US dollars are paying 3.8% less.

"Prices usually drop in August, and this 1.3% drop is on a par with the average August drop over the past ten years," explains the Rightmove team.

Annual price growth increased to 10.2% in England & Wales last month, reports Acadata.

"It is little surprise that housing market activity is now losing some momentum," says the RICS - but most surveyors "still anticipate prices will be modestly higher than current levels in a year’s time.

After two years of punchy growth, house prices in 25 regional market towns have fallen by an average of 2% in the last 12 months.

Croydon (CR0), Wandsworth (SW18) and Merton (SW19) are the most active London areas for home-buying activity, with each postcode seeing more than 60 homes sold each month.

Nine sales of £15mn-plus estates have been recorded across England & Wales so far this year.

Pipeline now stronger than it was in the final months of the stamp duty holiday in 2021, reports Knight Frank.

High-end market continues to hold its own despite wider economic context, with demand staying high and stock levels still low…

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