New homes on the way, and boy do we need them

What a week. This time of year is always busy in the property market as agents, developers, vendors and buyers gallop into the final quarter of the year eager to get their business deals over the line by the end of the year. (There are roughly 100 days to Christmas, by the way).

This time last year, there were just under 30 new homes schemes that were on the market or coming to ...