Nicky Stevenson: Why a soft landing is the most likely outcome for the property market
Despite a drop in the number of sales and a recorded softening of house price growth, headwinds to the market look set to improve in the near term, writes Nicky Stevenson, MD of estate agency brand Fine & Country.
Nicky Stevenson is Managing Director at Fine & Country UK.
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