Antony Roberts in the Press – August 2026

Antony Roberts’ experts are often asked for their opinions on various aspects of the housing and rental markets. Below, is a selection of our comments which appeared in the press in August.

Home staging might be worth considering if you are struggling to sell your home. Amy Reynolds, head of sales at Antony Roberts, told The Telegraph: “If you opt for ‘full furniture staging’, costs typically run from a few thousand pounds for a smaller property, up to £10,000-plus for a larger home, based on how many rooms are ‘dressed’, and how long the furniture is hired for.”

House prices saw their slowest growth since 2023 in July, according to Lloyds Bank. Amy Reynolds told This is Money: “Although prices remain flat from a national average perspective, there is a regional divide with London and the South East continuing to lag. It’s becoming harder to make the case that London is aspirational anymore, and that shift in sentiment matters for the market – buyers are voting with their feet.”

Meanwhile, Nationwide Building Society’s house price survey revealed that sellers are dropping prices in a bid to shift their homes. Amy Reynolds told Estate Agent Today: “Asking prices are coming down, but a lot of that is simply initial overpricing meeting the time it takes to find a new market level. There’s definitely a point where owners simply won’t move at today’s numbers, and we’re seeing that more and more. It’s like a game of chicken – who moves first, the buyer or the seller?”

However, the summer market has not been as quiet as you might expect with people distracted by holidays and the hot weather. Amy Reynolds told The Times: “We put a four-bedroom house on at £1.395 million and got asking price within a week. We put a three-bedroom terrace on at £775,000 and got over asking on that one, and it wasn’t in great condition. And we sold something off market at £2.375m, which had been under offer with another agent at the peak of the market at £2.4m, so these are full prices.”

Data from the Land Registry highlights the significant regional differences and differing trends emerging across the country. Amy Reynolds told IFA Magazine: “This picture of a subdued housing market is not surprising, yet it doesn’t tell the whole story. Certainly, in our part of the world in Richmond, the market seems to be through the worst of the correction. Prices aren’t rising rapidly, but they are stabilising, and the underlying level of applicant demand we have seen over the Summer gives me some cautious optimism for the Autumn.”

Residential property transactions declined in July as borrowing costs and economic uncertainty tempered activity. Amy Reynolds told Mortgage Soup: “There are noticeably low stock levels, which is creating a bit of competition over certain new instructions. There remains more supply than demand when it comes to smaller flats, although over the summer we have been agreeing more flat sales and have definitely felt there is more life in the market. We hope the market continues to gather momentum and doesn’t prematurely slowdown in advance of the Budget.”