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"Despite quickly rising prices, rental homes are continuing to let at speed and many landlords are still being met with long queues of prospective tenants wanting to view and rent their property," says…

'It is clear that a core portion of the country are still looking to get moving and are not put off by current conditions,' says Propertymark.

The annual rate of property price growth slowed from +3.2% in April to +1.9% in May, according to the UK's official House Price Index.

Dubai takes the lead for prime residential capital value growth in the latest Savills index.

Buyer demand 'remains resilient', says property portal - but transaction numbers have fallen as higher interest rates bite.

Rents are rising across all GB regions, says Hamptons, although the pace of growth has cooled in Greater London and Scotland.

'Most vendors are prepared to wait and see what happens in the hope that they’ll achieve a better price and a lower mortgage rate in the future,' says top-end estate agency.

Latest indices 'underscore the remarkable resilience' of the capital's top-end property market.

'An important message coming back from RICS agents is around ensuring prices are set with an eye on the market conditions of today, rather than the recent past,' says the Institute's Chief Economist;

But rental stock 'is not as scarce as it was this this time last year,' says Savills - and 'only the highest quality homes can now expect multiple bids.'

'The implications of stubborn inflation on the UK mortgage market are hampering activity in Prime Central London,' says JLL.

Nearly three-quarters of recent residential property deals in Prime Central London involved cash buyers, according to analysis by Savills.