LSL & Acadata estimate the total number of transactions in September 2017 in England and Wales at 63,000, down 20% on September 2016.
They also reported that annual house price growth also slowed, with the average house prices at £297,287, down just 0.1% on the previous month with annual house price inflation standing at 1.3%.
However, leading the charge on the slowdown was London and the south-east.
Remove London and SE from the equation and annual house price growth was +3.3%.