Home-buyer demand picked up in Q4

'Interest rates simply haven’t fallen as quickly as many buyers may have hoped, so there remains a sense of buyer hesitation across the market,' says GetAgent after trawling Rightmove data.

'Keir Starmer’s promises to target wealth as a way of increasing funding for public services is likely a major reason for a decline in demand in London’s prime market,' suggest Benham and Reeves boss…

'The new government has inherited a very large ‘to-do’ list with urgent interventions required in several policy areas,' comments Propertymark after checking sales and lettings market activity in July.