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"Prices usually drop in August, and this 1.3% drop is on a par with the average August drop over the past ten years," explains the Rightmove team.

"It is little surprise that housing market activity is now losing some momentum," says the RICS - but most surveyors "still anticipate prices will be modestly higher than current levels in a year’s time.

High-society bank tells affluent clients that PCL is back in action.

“New residential development is being constrained by a limited supply of land coming through the planning system.

Knight Frank's latest international index tells of cooling housing markets around the world, including at the top end.

Property portal predicts house price growth will slow to 5% by the end of this year, but buyer demand remains high in the face of rising interest rates and costs of living.

US cities have seen the highest rates of prime property price growth in the last six months, reports Savills, as the firm predicts a slight slowdown across most world cities in the second half of this…

Estate agents have seen rental stock levels climb steadily since February - but "this barely scratches the surface on what is needed in order to limit the ever-widening gap between supply and demand,"…

Another market index tells of slowing buyer demand and less pressure on house prices.

The latest official house price index tells of a 1.2% monthly increase for the average UK home in May, up from a 0.4% rise in the same period last year.

Britain's country house market "is normalising" after a two-year pandemic-driven boom, suggests Knight Frank as price growth peaks.

We're in a "new normal" property market, says OnTheMarket - "an elevated version of the pre-pandemic market."