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The average time to sell a home is 33 days, just one day longer than last year - though London sees the greatest impact with time to sell being six days longer.

The founding team is led by a former COO of Simply Conveyancing and a member of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers.

Yorkshire and the Humber was the English region with the highest house price inflation.

The number of agreed sales is only 3% lower than this time last year.

Aggregate house prices soften with near-term expectations pointing to modest declines in the months ahead.

March is the first full month in which the conflict in Iran fed through into UK mortgage pricing.

The conflict in Iran is the biggest shock to the UK mortgage market since the 2022 mini-Budget, Moneyfacts says.

Transaction levels were 7% up on January and the highest since March 2025, before the war in Iran sparked market uncertainty.

The market had regained momentum after the slowdown recorded around the turn of the year, however, the conflict in West Asia is now clouding the outlook.

Over-60s hold £2.92 trillion in main residences alone – a record high.