The average house price has edged down by just £213 to £298,602.

Transactions are predicted to accelerate before April's stamp duty changes.

The Group has now established three core priorities to put digitalisation and efficiency at the core of the property transaction process.

House price inflation ticks lower to 1.9% in response to higher mortgage rates and rising buying costs from April.

Trudy Woolf, director of lender services at e.surv Chartered Surveyors, says that for brokers, and for everyone else with a stake in seeing new build succeed, the opportunities will...

Annual inflation has been generally increasing since its low point of -2.7% in the 12 months to December 2023. 

The number of new sellers coming to market is 13% ahead of last year, with buyer demand up 8% and sales agreed up 15%.

The total value of housing stock is 3.5 times the annual GDP of the UK.

Sales market activity has levelled off but a further pick-up in properties available for sale is expected.

The OPDA calls for open standards, trust and greater transparency in property transactions.