How is the market? A question as estate agents we get asked a lot. An interesting way to gauge this is by looking at total sales in an area over a year and comparing it with previous periods. In the years between 2020 and 2022 yearly sales agreed in the NR31 postcode were always in excess of 1000. This dipped in 2023 to just over 600. A drop of 40%. This year has been better. Sales agreed over the last 365 days in NR31 currently sit at 804. A big improvement on what we were seeing in 2023 but still way off what was seen immediately ‘post covid’. This tells us we have a recovering market but in our opinion one that still requires careful pricing and excellent marketing.