High demand around popular areas
A lack of housing stock in the £250,000-£500,000 range is a challenge for the market here.
That's the view of one of the directors at estate agent Black Grace Cowley, Tim Groves.
He says there's a particular issue with this in the east of the Island, where there are large concentrations of people, and there is high demand for new-builds.
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