Prime property market paralysis: On navigating the buyer-seller standoff
Right now we appear to have an impasse, with buyers trying to time the market and sellers too nervous to test it - but how long are both sides prepared to wait?

Jack Osmond is Senior Property Search Advisor at property buying agency AWS Prime.
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