Given the generally negative media commentary about the residential property market, anyone would think that house sale are almost non existent.
The problem with media reporting and statements from leading lenders is that they base the facts on house sales completions recorded at Land Registry, so the information may be accurate but it reflects marketing conditions at the time of the sale being negotiated some 3 or 4 months prior to the completions.
So is it time to think again on the real state of the residential house market?
August at McCarthy Holden saw a very high level of house sales transactions go through to exchange / completion, setting the scene for what we believe will be a busy Autumn. The exchanged / completion transactions in August demonstrated reasonable market conditions across a wide price spectrum, and to support that statement with facts you can see below a summary of the transactions from just three of our local branches.
Proof Positive
From £250,000 to £2,500,000 the house sales exchanges were most definitely on the move in and around Fleet, Hartley Wintney and Odiham. Shortlist below, so take a quick scroll through.
And of course this sales activity gave way to the occasional celebration
