I think things have been a bit stagnant over the past 18 months. A few properties that have been on for over a year have dropped by 1% and a few have increased by 1% but they still aren’t selling.

I've noticed more and more for sale signs coming up, but very few sold signs !!!!

Wasnt like that last year, for sale sign goes up, sold a week later.

South bucks is soooooo over-priced it's ridiculous too.

I've been monitoring things closely (in the Beaconsfield area), both on Rightmove and by the number of for sale signs appearing. I'd say that:

1) Prices still idiotically high, estate agents having to make impossible valuations to get the business I suppose
2) A glut of new builds for sale (with the "only 3 remaining" sign actually starting to fade on one block)
3) More non-new build properties gradually coming on the market
4) Many properties stuck at the "under offer / sale agreed" stage for months

Plus the proposed waste incinerator on the outskirts of the town is also putting things under a cloud (so to speak).

Should be an interesting six months ahead.

We are looking for a family house in Amersham and there have been mostly overpriced houses on the market since last summer. Recently they have all gone under offer, we offered on two and were unsuccessful so people must be paying near the silly prices. I wonder if this is a spring bounce?

I think that the Amersham prices are not that much different to family areas like Crouch End in London.

What do people predict will have in this area?

We are in Chorleywood and thinks have been stagnant for a couple of years but not dropped. Only real thing scaring people is immigrants moving further out down the met line and ruining schools. This may in the future cause people to sell in Amersham and Chalfont etc as you can see in Northwood which has changed a lot recently.

I think Amershan will go down a little but should be more resilient than most areas. The new flat complex in old town being the exception.