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A Boring Housing Market Is Good News for Buyers

Sellers appear to realise that “peak” pricing is now in the past. 

Residential properties in Chesham.

Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
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The UK government’s housebuilding plan is not exactly shooting the lights out, but in terms of prices and sales, the market continues to tick along fairly calmly.