Realistic prices key to securing home sales

Buyers are returning to the property market following the slowdown at the end of last year. Estate agents are reporting a rise in enquiry and viewing levels during the first few weeks of the year.

However, sellers have been warned not to expect bonus prices for their homes this spring, as price inflation slows to its lowest level in a decade.

Keith Lowe, chief executive of Douglas Newman Good, said first-time buyers in ...