Fall-throughs and backlogs down to market conditions, not a lack of valuers – RICS

"As the property market continues to slow down, we may enter a period of calm where asking prices, especially in new developments, are reassessed", says William Carrington in his introduction to the results …

Buyer demand has "flatlined" says the RICS in its July Market Survey. But it's not quite clear whether this a genuine turning point for the market, or just a pause for breath

There are patterns within patterns in London's property market, notes Knight Frank, which has drawn a couple of maps to illustrate