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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

'Buyer’s market’ predicted for next year with higher negotiating power and more house sales

The year ahead will be a “buyer’s market” with house hunters having more negotiating power and sales picking up, experts have predicted.

But more bullish expectations for 2025 are also tinged with caution, with a key stamp duty discount set to end in the spring, and uncertainty hanging over the wider economy and the speed of future potential interest rate cuts.

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