Housing market unmoved by coalition government

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The May Housing Market Report from the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has found that sales remained the same, the average number of properties available remained the same and the percentage of sales made to first time buyers also stayed flat.

The average agent sold eight properties in May and had 62 registered properties on its books. Around 21% of sales were made to first time buyers in April and in May.

However the number of people registering to look for homes dipped slightly, from 278 in April to 265 in May.

President of the NAEA, Michael Jones said: “In a momentous political month

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