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But new approvals dipped in seasonal fashion.

Zoopla's latest index suggests growing confidence in the property market, but both month-on-month and year-on-year comparisons should be treated with caution.

Exclusive LonRes data reveals 29% fewer sales agreed in the first four weeks of 2026 Vs the same period in 2025, and 32% fewer than 2024.

Foxtons reports 'modest rent growth' through 2025, with new listings 'steadily increasing despite the noise' of new legislation.

Industry Reactions: The latest official data indicates modest growth across most of the country last year.

Sales are scant & price cuts are rife across the capital's prime postcodes in early 2026.

Average asking prices are now back to where they were last Summer.

London's average rental value is now back to mid-2023's level.

We're still in a 'soft patch,' reports the RICS, but sales expectations have turned 'significantly more positive' as we head into the new year.

Average asking rents dipped in the closing months of 2025, but Rightmove thinks rent bills are likely to carry on climbing this year.

Sales supply is high & rising in the new year, as buyers continue to hold back.

Latest data shows £5mn-plus exchanges jumped 29% in Q4, although prices continued to slide across the capital's top postcodes.