the uk housing market shows no signs of slowing down over spring with high levels of buyers and sellers confident they can purchase or sell within three months according to new data from online property portal onthemarket plc measuring more than 120000 consumer responses the consumer index sentiment found 75 of active buyers and 82 of sellers were confident they would carry out a property transaction within the next three months onthemarket said friday despite considerable macroeconomic disruption over the last month including a cost of living crisis and a rate rise of 025 percentage points to 075 from the bank of england march saw persistently strong pentup demand from buyers around 64 of the properties put up for sale were sold out within 30 days of first being advertised in march up from 61 in february and well ahead of the 51 reported at the same time a year prior wed suggest that the current market is continuing to adjust to a new normal an elevated version of the prepandemic market where heightened buyer activity and demand continues to meet low levels of housing stock onthemarket chief executive jason tebb said the speed of property sales isnt the only thing increasing as onthemarkets data show asking prices continuing to risejumping 12517 pounds 16419 on average between february and march alone excluding greater london with this in mind its time for buyers to be organized bold and decisive if theyre serious about moving especially with demand likely to outweigh supply for a while yet mr tebb said