Number of sales agreed up by 16% so far this year
Typical house on the market for 34 days, says Zoopla
The latest RICS survey shows the first move to the positive in almost two years
More than 18,000 sales expected from major housebuilders this year
Zoopla expects sales for 2023 to fall by a fifth
The level is similar to early 2020, when the market was effectively closed
But figures for the month remain above three-year pre-pandemic average
UK Finance says predictions of a sales slump were very far off the mark
The 52% slump has resulted in the worst October figures since the financial crisis
HMRC data shows UK residential transactions maintained their annual level of 1.2m last year.