When it comes to showing off your home at its best, grey skies, less natural light and soggy leaves across the garden can make the job tough. But despite that, towards the year end large numbers of Brits commit to hoisting for-sale signs over their properties.
While the final three months of the year generally have the lowest number of new homes coming to market, it is far from quiet. In October there were 140,817 new instructions, a 2.6 per cent rise on the five-year average for that month, figures from real estate data company TwentyCi show.
