At the top of the market, asking prices in Tewin and Digswell have run ahead of the evidence.

Stevenage completed noticeably fewer sales this year, but the homes that did sell went for more, not less, a different story to a slowing market.

With fixed mortgage rates close to 6 per cent, the monthly payment is now setting the pace of the Stevenage market.

A move often starts long before a property is officially listed. I