www thanks for the link to Snake - it's worse than I suspected near me. 15% drop in prices in the Cranfield area in the last 2 months.
plinkton yes and not only greedy but we now have a young tribe of property feeding predators that have been encouraged by previously cheap money too. Property renovation as promoted by TV as a hobby meams some of the gullible have also been trapped into thinking that property was fail-safe.