The housing market is showing signs of improvement but ‘stubbornly high’ inflation is expected to take its toll, Annabel Dixon discovers in RICS latest survey.
It felt like the housing market had a slight spring in its step recently, didn’t it? Monthly house prices reported by the likes of Halifax and Nationwide appeared to climb at one point or another. Mortgage approvals picked up, according to the Bank of England. And some market commentators voiced cautious…