Survey reviews all regions of the UK and shows Hertfordshire as the quickest area to sell a home and Devon as the slowest – at more than a year.

House prices continue to rise as supply is squeezed, but fears grow over the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak.

Manchester leads the way, as JLL’s regional forecast highlights rapid growth in the regions over the next five years as the economy is rebalanced away from London.

Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices... Rightmove reports that the “number of sales agreed is up by 7.4% on this time last year.”

The portal says Newcastle was the last city to cross the threshold, albeit some ten years behind its southern counterparts including London, Oxford and Cambridge.

Prediction is made by Rightmove which says the UK will see increased activity in the housing market particularly in the north.

Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices.

Swirb says its new approach to crunching housing market data will enable vendors to spot when an estate agency is over-pricing their home.