So now we know. The FT quotes Peter Bolton King of the National Association of Estate Agents as revealing that
- “Aspirational pricing” by estate agents had contributed to the stalling of the market last year
- Some estate agents persistently overpriced over the past year.
- They did this solely to get instructions from homeowners
Bloody estate agents. No wonder no one can afford to buy houses any more. That and the buy-to-let and mouseholing crowd.

