所有物／資産／財産 asking prices rise for second month in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動, says Rightmove - as 買い手s get 支援する in the game

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普通の／平均（する） asking prices rose by 0.9 per cent this month to £362,839, によれば the 最新の data from Rightmove.

The data, which looks at the prices of newly-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d homes, 報告（する）／憶測d a 1.3 per cent rise in January.?This means the typical asking price has risen by almost £8,000 since December.

It was also up 0.1 per cent up on this time last year - which is the first time in six months that the year-to-date 人物／姿／数字 hasn't been 消極的な.

The change was driven by more 買い手s and 販売人s coming to market, によれば the 所有物／資産／財産 website.?

Strong start to the year: The typical newly-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d home has risen by almost £8,000 since December, によれば Rightmove

It 報告（する）／憶測d 7 per cent more new listings coming to market this February than last year, and a 7 per cent 上昇傾向 in the number of 買い手s enquiring.?

It also said agreed sales in the first six weeks of 2024 were 16 per cent higher than over the same pe riod last year, and 3 per cent higher than pre-pandemic in 2019.

競争相手 website Zoopla is 報告（する）／憶測ing 類似の findings in its data. It said home 買い手 需要・要求する in January was running 12 per cent higher than the same time time last year.

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Rightmove said that 買い手 numbers were up across all parts of the UK, but London was 堅固に out in 前線, followed by the North East and North West 地域s.

It also said the flow of new homes for sale was 10 per cent higher than a year ago and the highest it has been since 2020.

It 報告（する）／憶測d that new 販売人s are 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing their homes at the fastest pace in the East of England, the South West and North East.

On the ground, 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s are also 支援 up these findings, with many 報告（する）／憶測ing 肯定的な starts to the year.

Michelle Niziol, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある at IMS 所有物／資産／財産 Group in Oxfordshire said: 'The start of this year has seen 新たにするd 楽観主義 and 肯定的な 感情 in the wake of a その上の pause in 利益／興味 率s and January インフレーション held at 4 per cent.

'楽観主義 産む／飼育するs 信用／信任, and 信用／信任 is translating into more 販売人s and 買い手s coming into the market.'

The 普通の／平均（する） newly 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d 所有物／資産／財産 is 0.1 per cent up on this time last year - which is the first time in six months that the year-to-date 人物／姿／数字 hasn't been 消極的な

Kate Eales, 副 長，率いる of 居住の at 広い地所 スパイ／執行官 Strutt & Parker 追加するs: 'We are 証言，証人／目撃するing a good start to the year in London's 所有物／資産／財産 market, with 買い手s 事実上の／代理 earlier than usual.

'The 現在の 勢い is その上の 強調するd by an 増加する in 登録（する）d 買い手s year-to-date compared to the same period last year.

'This 肯定的な 傾向 示唆するs a 新たにするd 信用／信任 in the market, and as we move into spring, we 心配する a continued 上向き trajectory in both 買い手 利益／興味 and 所有物／資産／財産 処理／取引s.'

February's data follows on from Rightmove 報告（する）／憶測ing last week that a 記録，記録的な／記録する number of homeowners 接触するd an 広い地所 スパイ／執行官 to get their home valued in January.

一方／合間, the 最新の 所有物／資産／財産 market 調査する by the 王室の 会・原則 of 借り切る／憲章d Surveyors (Rics) also showed that 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s and surveyors are seeing rising numbers of 買い手 enquiries 同様に as more 販売人s coming to market.

Tim Bannister, director of 所有物／資産／財産 science at Rightmove said: 'We said that February would be an important 指示する人（物） for the year ahead, and the question was whether the Rightmove ボクシング Day bounce in 買い手 activity would keep its spring into March or lose 勢い.

'It's 証明するd to be the former, with the number of sales agreed continuing to かなり はるかに引き離す last year.

'早期に-bird ボクシング Day 買い手s got a 長，率いる start in cherry 選ぶing from a 記録，記録的な／記録する level of new 所有物／資産／財産 choice and have now been joined by many other 買い手s also believing that 2024 申し込む／申し出s the 権利 market 条件s to move.'

Bannister is one of many 専門家s across the 所有物／資産／財産 産業 that believe mortgage 率s have now reached low enough levels to encourage 買い手s and home movers 支援する into the market.

Although 普通の／平均（する） two-year and five-year 直す／買収する，八百長をするd mortgage 率s remain above 5 per cent, によれば Moneyfacts, the cheapest five-year 直す／買収する，八百長をするd 取引，協定s for those with more 公正，普通株主権 remain just below 4 per cent.

落ちるing 率s: 専門家s across the 所有物／資産／財産 産業 that believe mortgage 率s have now reached low enough levels to encourage 買い手s and home movers 支援する into the market

The lowest 率 for someone buying with a 20 per cent deposit is 現在／一般に 4.34 per cent, while the lowest 率 for someone buying with a 10 per cent deposit is 4.47 per cent.

Someone 要求するing a £200,000 mortgage, buying with 10 per cent deposit and 安全な・保証するing the lowest 率 on a 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 of 25 years, could 推定する／予想する to 支払う／賃金?£1,108 a month.

'Mortgage 率s have fallen かなり from their 頂点（に達する） and are now remaining 概して stable after the 不確定 of late 2022 and 2023,' 追加するs Bannister. '勢い to move in 2024 is continuing to build.'

Are home 販売人s pricing too high??

However, while the 所有物／資産／財産 market appears to be warming up, many 販売人s may be pricing their homes a little over optimistically, meaning many homes are failing to attract 利益／興味.

It's taking more than two weeks longer to find a 買い手 than at this time last year, with the 普通の／平均（する） time to sell at its slowest since 2015, 除外するing the 初期の pandemic lockdown months of April and May 2020.

販売人s are 存在 advised to price 正確に from the start if they want to sell quickly.

'見込みのある 販売人s mustn't get carried away,' says Bannister. '買い手s now have more choice of 所有物／資産／財産 for sale and many are still very price-極度の慎重さを要する, with mortgage 率s remaining elevated.

'販売人s who are serious about moving this year would be 井戸／弁護士席-advised to ride this wave of 増加するd 買い手 信用／信任 with an attractive asking price before any pre-選挙 jitters or 予期しない events 鈍らせる the 勢い.'

Rightmove says that 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s are 報告（する）／憶測ing 所有物／資産／財産s that are competitively 定価つきの are 存在 snapped up by 予算-conscious 買い手s who are keen to make 2024 their year to move, having paused during the 不確定 of 2023.

If they are overpriced, however, they are likely to ぐずぐず残る on the market and 要求する the asking price to be 削除するd.

It's taking more than two weeks longer to find a 買い手 than at this time last year, with the 普通の／平均（する） time to sell at its slowest since 2015

Fellow スパイ／執行官s Hamptons 明らかにする／漏らすd earlier this week that a 抱擁する 48 per cent of homes sold in January across England and むちの跡s had been 支配する to a price 削減.

Michelle Niziol of IMS 所有物／資産／財産 Group said: 'The market remains price 極度の慎重さを要する.

'動機づけるd 販売人s need to be 現実主義の with 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing prices and take advice on how to 効果的に position their sale in the 現在の market.

'買い手's 予算s are still 存在 大部分は constrained by expensive mortgage 製品s, so it's a careful balance.'

Re ginal differences: 普通の／平均（する） asking prices rose this month in every UK 地域. However, in some 場所s the 普通の／平均（する） new 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing is still 定価つきの below what it was last year