Highest numbers for the month of December were recorded in the Housing Market Report for house hunters and sales agreed per estate agent branch.
Despite a fall of 41 per cent of the number of people looking to buy, the figure reported was the highest since December 2016, with people trying to take advantage of the stamp duty/LTT/LBTT holiday deadline.
The number of prospective buyers registered per estate agent branch stood at 348, down from 580 in November. This is the lowest number recorded since May, when the property market first re-opened, but the highest December figure since 2016.