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Strutt & Parker has started the year with super-prime sales in Buckinghamshire & Wiltshire.

Improving affordability is a factor, but most buyers & sellers 'just want to get on with life', reports Savills.

Homeowners who sold-up in 2023 did so for an average of £103k (48%) more than they initially paid for their home, says Hamptons, down from a record high of £113k in 2022.

At the end of 2023, there were 60% more properties available to let compared with a year earlier.

Catch up on all the latest movements and commentary in less than five minutes, featuring data and analysis from LonRes, Savills, the ONS, Hamptons, the RICS, Foxtons, Cluttons & more...

'The house price crash that so many experts said was an inevitability appears to have been averted,' says Benham and Reeves' boss, adding that 'we fully expect the market to go from strength to strength…

Think tank releases interactive tool using latest government data but warns against jumping to conclusions: 'There is nothing inherently suspicious about a foreign entity holding UK real estate'

Marion Baeli has moved on from Studio PDP to join Egis Group's 10 Design. Federica Romeo Beattie has been brought in to lead the practice's sustainability drive.

Andrew Cummings has been charged with building a 100-strong team by the end of the year.

'The long-term trend is one of stability,' says LonRes, as property agents report buyers are back out shopping...

Former buying agent Christine Penny, who set up Hamptons' resi sales office in Bath, has moved from Sotheby's International Realty to Savills.

Demand and supply appear to be rebalancing to more sustainable levels.