• The price of property coming to the UK market falls by 1.7% (-£5,222) this month

Market news

17 December 2018

The price of property coming to the UK market falls by 1.7% (-£5,222) this month

  • The price of property coming to market falls by 1.7% (-£5,222) this month, and whilst it is the norm for new seller asking prices to fall at this time of year, this is the largest November drop since 2012

  • New sellers pricing more realistically in effort to minimise pre-Christmas ‘buyer humbug’ syndrome fuelled by stretched affordability and Brexit uncertainty

  • All regions see a monthly price fall, with largest falls in the south and the upper price sector:

  • Higher end London commuter towns – where prices have risen by over 40% since 2011 – unsurprisingly have significant price falls

  • Annual national rate is marginally negative (-0.2%, -£607) for the first time in seven years

  • Price slowdown seen as an early Christmas present for some buyers with numbers of sales agreed up nationally by 1% compared to same period a year ago, indicating some sound underlying fundamentals


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