Because there are mixed messages in the press today. According to the National Association of Estate Agents, Santa never came, and sales per agent fell from 7.6 in November to 4.9 in December. Ah... says the tax man... sales agreed may have been down, but completions were at a two-year high, numbering 104,000, the first time the 100,000 mark has been surpassed since December 2007, and up from 41,000 at the January 2009 trough.

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