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'The clouds will begin to break later in the year,' says CBRE's research chief, Jennet Siebrits.

'The downturn in the housing market this time could be shallower compared with past experiences,' says Simon Rubinsohn, Chief Economist at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Over a quarter of home-mover mortgages secured in Q3 were for terms of more than 30 years, up from fewer than one in ten a decade ago.

'Buyers are feeling overwhelmed by news reports and headlines, which are often not fully reflective of the experience many of them are having on the ground,' says Jo Eccles of Eccord.

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Spending on £10mn+ homes in London has reached a seven-year high, leading Knight Frank's Rory Penn to suggest that 'for now, the super-prime market in London has very much found its feet again.'

Rolling 12-month transaction volumes are some of the lowest on record, reports LCP.

The latest Bank of England data shows a sharp drop in mortgage lending and mortgage approvals in the aftermath of the short-lived mini-Budget.

"A widespread repricing of housing underway," says Zoopla, as buyer demand sinks and more vendors cut asking prices.

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The average value of prime property in the UK's coastal villages has soared by over 26% since early 2020.

A raft of influential property market-watchers have torn-up their house price forecasts, now anticipating a particularly rough year ahead for the housing sector as the wider economy struggles.