In its latest residential market survey, Rics shows the new instruction series net balance at -20%, with average stock levels dropping from 42 to March to 37 in October per estate agent book.
This marks the seventh month in a row that this metric has read negative.
As a result, sales momentum, despite new buyer enquiries rising, has a net balance of -9%, a negative reading for the fourth month in a row.
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