December is traditionally the busiest sale in the auction calendar as investors and trade buyers look to secure projects for the new year.

Back in June The Telegraph speculated that house prices would fall 5pc nationwide and tumble even further in London as worried home owners back out, amid the uncertainty that the vote to the EU has created.

Since then, the market sentiment from both agents and solicitors has proved that this was indeed just a short blip with confidence from buyers now surging.