THE UK's decision to quit the European Union does not appear to have dampened the property market as many had predicted, according to a leading Worcestershire estate agent.

In a "post Brexit newsletter", Andrew Grant says that in the three weeks since B-Day, nearly 250 home-owners have contacted his offices for a market appraisal of their properties.

"This is just as well," he added, "Because in the same period, nearly 750 new applicants registered with us, looking to buy. More than 1,250 viewings were carried out and sales with an aggregate value of more than £20m were agreed.

"In the run-up to the Referendum, when there was uncertainty as to the result, we still put the same number of properties on the market as it had in the second quarter of 2015, and sales agreed were in fact 11 per cent higher than the previous year, and very similar to the levels of 2012.

"Although a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors survey among its members suggested a fall in house prices across the UK in the next three months, the predicted dip in prices is only expected to persist over the next year in London and East Anglia.

"There is of course the old adage that in times of financial strife, people will always revert to bricks and mortar, but it remains to be seen which way house prices will go. Between April and June, of the properties which we had been marketing and completed, we achieved overall 96.5 pere cent of the asking price, with Droitwich in fact achieving 101 per cent."