One in three properties sold for more than the asking price, which is the highest ever recorded figure in May and a slight increase on the 32 per cent reported in April.
The average number of sales agreed per estate agent branch stood at 12 in May, the same as April. However, year-on-year, this figure is the highest for the month of May for 17 years, where in 2007 it was an average of 13.
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