Article: Housing sales are now picking up after gloom say city estate agents ; The city's housing market is finally picking up with the number of sales more than doubling in the last six months, estate agents have revealed.

The city's housing market is finally picking up with the number of sales more than doubling in the last six months, estate agents have revealed.

One agent said they had agreed sales on 10 properties last week alone - compared to just one or two a month at the end of last year.

And another reported an 85 per cent rise in monthly turnover of homes, with two or three buyers competing for the same property in some cases.

The housing market reached its lowest point at the end of last year when property prices plummeted almost overnight.

Connells, based in South Street, Exeter, said at the time it was selling just eight or nine homes a month - 50 per cent of its homes available - compared to ...

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