UK housing market flatlines as transactions sink to five-year low

There was an average of 252 would-be buyers registered per estate agency branch in February, according to the NAEA. That's 18% fewer than a year ago, and 46% fewer than in 2016.

There will obviously be significant challenges for the industry and the wider economy in the months ahead, says LonRes, but a few fundamentals should put the prime market in good stead to recover once…

Asking prices, new listings and website traffic are all up, says Rightmove - but the traditional January asking price bump is still well below the ten-year average