Election 2010: Rush to sell homes before 6 May

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) says uncertainty over the "political direction" of the UK has prompted some would-be sellers to press ahead and put their homes on the market. RICS says there has been a marked increase in the number of vendors in recent weeks: the jump in the number of sellers was the largest since May 2007. It says new instructions outstripped enquiries from would-be buyers for the third month in a row. But the number of buyers stabilised in March, suggesting the outlook for prices has grown poorer. "With the General Election approaching and ...