A LEADING Wilmslow-based estate agent has predicted that villages in the ‘Golden Triangle’ will continue to perform strongly in the housing market this year – despite wider economic uncertainty.

Jackson-Stops and Staff, in Water Lane, believes that house prices will continue to grow across the UK in 2017, but at a lower rate as Brexit, Donald Trump’s presidency and uncertainty over the Eurozone could all affect consumer confidence.

The firm claims that stamp duty land tax will also slow the top end of the UK property market for homes valued at more than £1.5 million, but that in places such as Alderley Edge, Goostrey, Lower Withington and Over Peover demand will continue to outstrip supply.

Crispin Harris is a director at Jackson-Stops south Manchester, which has branches is Wilmslow and Hale.

“Whilst the national picture is one of slow growth, and the regional forecast is similar, the north west’s economy and property market is already beginning to see the benefits of the ‘Northern Powerhouse’, with the beginnings of an increase in skilled workers drawn to the region,” he said.

“Key villages in the area remain popular and demand for decent properties will continue to outstrip supply, but only when properties are priced sensibly.

“Demand may be high but buyers are savvier than ever, and are fully equipped with the facts about the estimated true value of properties they are viewing.

“As such, there will continue to be a lack of appetite for overpriced properties.”

Nationally, Jackson-Stops claims that lack of supply will continue to underpin the housing market, and that any Government plans to resolve the shortage will not have a significant impact in 2017.

Chairman Nick Leeming added: “David Cameron built the least homes of any Prime Minister since 1923 and it won’t be an overnight fix that turns this trend on its head.”