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Activity metrics continue to deteriorate

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The May 2017 RICS UK Residential Market Survey results point to a lacklustre set of overall conditions once more, with enquiries, instructions and sales all declining over the month. In addition, price growth (although still positive) appears to have lost momentum in the latest report and expectations suggest a further cooling is likely in the near term. The General Election is again commonly cited as a factor hindering activity, causing some hesitancy from both buyers and vendors.

The headline price growth indicator moved from +22% to +17%, the softest reading since August 2016, but still consistent with modest gains nonetheless. Beneath the national trend, prices continue to slide in London, with the price growth gauge remaining entrenched in negative territory for a fourteenth consecutive month. Away from the capital, house price inflation in East Anglia has moderated noticeably since the start of 2017, with little change now reported in each of the last two months. Elsewhere, prices continue to rise to a greater or lesser degree across all other UK regions/countries.

Source : RICS

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