Booming property market reports record sales

Britain’s booming property market is seeing record sales figures, with an average of 13 buyers for every home that gets listed, according to NAEA Propertymark. Agreed sales last month were up 57% compared with April 2019, and experts said the industry was working around the clock, while buyers were resorting to extreme measures to secure a home. Mark Hayward, chief policy adviser at estate agents' lobby group NAEA Propertymark, said: “It's quite aggressive out there. We've got instances where prospective buyers have actually followed agents in cars to properties so they can be the first in line".

The Mail on Sunday (09/05/2021)