Demand climbs in PCL, but deal numbers dwindle

'The wearisome state of British politics that has arisen from Brexit – particularly in the last six months – continues to take their toll on UK housing,' says the Royal Institue of Chartered Surveyors.

This year's falling prices and dwindling transactions may be "a short-term trend", says Knight Frank's Tom Bill, as more prospective buyers line up in Prime Central London

Surveyors 'sense little prospect of a turnaround' in the short-term, says the RICS, 'as concerns over the potential impact of Brexit, alongside affordability constraints continue to cause buyers and sellers…