Going against popular opinion the recent (and usually accurate) DCLG - Department for Communities & Local Government - figures indicate that in February there was a fall of 0.1% around the UK. Yet in another survey issued the same day from Right Move who reported a 3.6% rise in April - the highest monthly rise since April 2002.

Clearly with conflicting information, the HIPs media scaremongering and the threat of another interest rate hike this month (inflation’s up folks!) one could be forgiven for thinking that we’re heading into trickier times.

But with consumer confidence still high, and other economic factors looking favourable our feeling is that the market still has room to grow - certainly throughout spring and summer.

Nevertheless - with such a shortage of property on the market - if you’re thinking of selling - there hasn’t been a better time to sell than now.