Number of agreed UK house sales over past month ‘up 15% on 2023’

Buyers not fazed by election or Euro 2024, says Rightmove, as gamechanging' interest rate cuts anticipated

The number of agreed house sales over the past month was 15% up on this time last year, according to Rightmove, as buyers anticipate gamechanging" interest rate cuts they hope could come as early as August.

Britain's biggest property website said homebuyers largely shrugged off the distractions" of the general election and the Euro 2024 football tournament to keep transactions well above this time last year.