所有物／資産／財産 asking prices rise 1.3% in January as Rightmove 報告（する）／憶測s busy start to the year

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所有物／資産／財産 asking prices went up in January, によれば Rightmove, に引き続いて a busy start to the year for the 住宅 market.

The price of homes new to the market rose by 1.3 per cent month-on-month, it said, with the typical home 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing for almost £360,000.

This was the biggest December-to-January 増加する in prices since 2020, though 普通の／平均（する） prices are still 0.7 per cent lower than at this time last year.

増加する: 普通の／平均（する） new 販売人 asking prices rose by 1.3% month-on-month with the typical home 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing for almost £360,000

The online 所有物／資産／財産 portal also 報告（する）／憶測d 増加するd activity の中で home 買い手s and 販売人s.?

It said the number of 可能性のある 買い手s 接触するing 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s about homes for sale in the first week of 2024 was 5 per cent higher than in the same period last year.?

The number of 所有物／資産／財産s coming to market for sale was also 15 per cent higher than at the start of last year, に引き続いて a 記録，記録的な／記録する number of 販売人s coming to market on ボクシング Day.

The number of sales 存在 agreed is also 20 per cent higher at the start of this year than it was in the same period last year.?

No January blues: Prices typically rise from a 静かな December into a busier January, but this price rise is the largest for January since 2020, によれば Rightmove

Tim Bannister, a director at Rightmove, said new 販売人s are 確信して about the 見通し for the year ahead.

He said: 'After a stop-start market in 2023, the 初期の 調印するs 示唆する a smoother year for movers in 2024.?

'Rightmove's whole-of-market data puts us in a position to see the very earliest 調印するs of activity in the market, and the number of new listings, 買い手 enquiries to スパイ／執行官s, and sales 存在 agreed are encouraging 早期に 指示する人（物）s.?

'連合させるd with our more 最近の mortgage in 原則 data, the numbers 示唆する that many are taking 活動／戦闘 to make their move in 2024, perhaps 含むing some who paused last year 予定 to the more unsteady mortgage market.?

'More new 販売人s are now entering the market, and with more 確信して pricing.'?

The busy start to the year 報告（する）／憶測d by Rightmove, chimes with a 報告（する）／憶測 from Reallymoving, a comparison 場所／位置 which is used by 概略で one in ten UK home movers.

It （人命などを）奪う，主張するs new 登録s for home move services, 含むing conveyancing, 調査するing and 除去s, were 73 per cent higher in the first week of January than the same period last year.

略奪する Houghton, 創立者 and 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of Reallymoving, said: 'It's encouraging to see a burst of home mover activity at the start of this year.?

'People will only put their lives on 持つ／拘留する for so long, and while the cost of borrowing is still a 重要な 問題／発行する, it appears that many of those who held off in 2023 are now making the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to go ahead, encouraged by the resilience of prices and some downward movement in mortgage 率s as 貸す人s compete for 商売／仕事.'

It is still taking time to find a 買い手?

However, while Rightmove's 最新の 報告（する）／憶測 示唆するs that more 買い手s and 販売人s are keen to 割れ目 on with their 計画（する）s this year, it appears 販売人s continue to find it hard to find a 買い手.

On 普通の／平均（する） it took 71 days for a 販売人 to 安全な・保証する a 買い手 in December. This is a 人物／姿／数字 that has risen from an 普通の／平均（する） of 55 days in July.

In December 2022, it was taking a 販売人 52 days to find a 買い手 - that's 19 days より小数の than Rightmove 報告（する）／憶測d it was taking last month.?

Hard sell: On 普通の／平均（する） it took 71 days for a 販売人 to 安全な・保証する a 買い手 in December. This is a 人物／姿／数字 that has risen from an 普通の／平均（する） of 55 days in July

Rightmove's Tim Bannister 追加するd: 'While the 増加するd level of 買い手 activity that we're also seeing may 正当化する some of this 増加するd pricing 信用／信任 from 販売人s, it's important that 販売人s who are keen to find a 買い手 don't get carried away with New Year enthusiasm when setting their price 期待s.?

'Elevated mortgage 率s and the wider cost-of-living squeeze are still 限界ing 買い手s' spending 力／強力にする.?

'正確な and 現実主義の pricing for their 地元の area is the recipe for success for 販売人s looking to get moving in 2024, and it's been proven that over-楽観的な pricing makes a move much いっそう少なく likely.'

What are 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s 報告（する）／憶測ing?

最終的に, the 所有物／資産／財産 market is made up of thousands of micro markets that will all be behaving 異なって from one another.

What is happening to asking prices or sold prices in one 地元の area could be very different from what is happening in another 場所.

Rightmove 設立する that prices in the South East of Engla nd 増加するd 2.4 per cent in January, for example, while in Scotland they 拒絶する／低下するd by 1.2 per cent.?

Lower mortgage costs are encouraging more 買い手s 支援する into the market, によれば London 広い地所 スパイ／執行官 Chestertons.

It says 20 per cent more people started their 所有物／資産／財産 search in December, when compared to December 2022, and 24 per cent more 申し込む／申し出s for 所有物／資産／財産s were submitted.

David Rees, 研究 分析家 at Chestertons, 追加するd: 'House hunters often utilise the holiday season to really 焦点（を合わせる） on their 所有物／資産／財産 search and the 落ちるing 利益／興味 率s appeared to give 買い手s more 信用／信任 to enter the market in December.?

'This is good news for the market, but it's important to remember that にもかかわらず this uplift, there are still far より小数の 買い手s than there were before the Bank of England started raising 利益／興味 率s.'

Chestertons also 公式文書，認めるd that 増加するing numbers of homeowners are looking to sell, with the 機関 carrying out 15 per cent more 所有物／資産／財産 valuations in December than in the previous year.?

Rightmove 設立する that prices in the South East of England 増加するd 2.4% in January, while in Scotland they 拒絶する／低下するd by 1.2%

Chris Rowson, managing director at Sharman Quinney in Cambridgeshire says things are looking up around him.

'It's certainly 冷淡な out there at this time of year, but the 住宅 market is just heating up,' says Rowson.?'We've had a really 約束ing start to the year, with some very 肯定的な 調印するs.?

'未来 販売人s are getting their valuation 任命s 調書をとる／予約するd in, 未来 買い手s are enquiring and getting their viewings 調書をとる／予約するd in and we're also seeing really high 需要・要求する for mortgage 任命s, as movers 捜し出す to understand their affordability and position at the start of the year.?

'Most importantly, we're seeing 申し込む／申し出s 存在 made, and a high number at that. It is 早期に days and not a time to get carried away, but we've had a good start.'

Paul Bayliss, director at The Square Room 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s on The Fylde Coast in Lancashire also says 買い手 信用／信任 is 改善するing where he is.

'It's been a busy January so far, which has 現実に followed a busy end to 2023 for us, even more so than over the summer.?

'The 重要な thing is mortgage 率s, and with 率s coming 負かす／撃墜する from July and into the start of 2024, we can see 買い手s have got more 信用／信任.?

'We've seen a lot of activity from first-time 買い手s, now ready to make their move at the start of the year, and with mortgage 率s more settled, we're also starting to see upsizers return who are now more 確信して to take out a larger mortgage for a bigger home.?

'The market is just getting started, but we're 楽観的な about what 2024 can bring.'