Asking prices jump by 3.5%
October saw a 3.5% (+£8,310) jump in new seller average asking prices, the biggest increase for eight months.
October saw a 3.5% (+£8,310) jump in new seller average asking prices, the biggest increase for eight months.
The average asking price of property coming to market in London rose marginally this month, by just 0.3% (-£1,362).
New sellers coming to market in September dropped their average asking prices for the third consecutive month.
The Olympics distraction did not deter new sellers from coming to market during August.
Property owners in the main Olympic borough have yet to see a tangible benefit in terms of an Olympic ‘house price legacy’.
Rightmove records that new sellers dropped their asking prices in London by an average of -3.6% (-£17,136) in July.
New sellers outnumber successful buyers by an average of nearly 2:1.
This economic downturn continues to surprise, with a third consecutive record for new sellers’ asking prices.