A senior estate agent has described the Government’s pledge to compel councils to cut red tape in favour of development as laughable.
Simon Gerrard, managing direct of Martyn Gerrard Estate Agents, hit out at ‘Government soundbites’ that he said were overshadowing the situation in the property market.
It comes as the latest Rightmove House Price Index showed the number of sales agreed in the first six weeks of the year is 16% higher than in the same period last year.