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Surveyors expect property sales volumes to fall further in the next three months - but things should pick up within 12 months.

Price cuts are proliferating in prime London's sales and rental markets, according to the latest LonRes intelligence.

The top-end of the lettings market 'is at a pivotal point', says Knight Frank.

Prime regional rental prices grew by +0.6% in Q3, down from +2.6% in Q2, according to the latest Savills data.

Property prices in London have been far less volatile than the rest of the country during this latest period of economic turbulence, says Knight Frank's research chief.

'There is early evidence that conditions are beginning to improve in a number of key global city markets,' says Knight Frank.

'With some sellers still holding out for last year’s prices, it’s the number of homes changing hands rather than their price that’s bearing the brunt of the slowdown,' says Hamptons.

'We’ve been really feeling the pressure of having to manage the mounting number of enquiries for each rental property we have available,' complains one letting agent.

But top-end buyers' price expectations are still 'markedly lower' than sellers' across prime London, says Savills.

Far fewer deals are taking place in prime London than at this time last year.

Scotland is now the UK's 'top performing' prime property market.

August saw net mortgage approvals for house purchases fall to the lowest level since February.