A LOCAL company has confirmed reports that Chard is the UK's number one sales hotspot.

James Waterman, associate at Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s Chard office, said the area has been motoring ahead since the start of the year.

And the branch has sold 27 homes in the past month.

It comes as data from Rightmove shows the number of property sales agreed has more than doubled - up 123 per cent - compared to this time last year.

The charge is driven by a demand for detached homes helped by more supply and lower mortgage rates than at the peak in July last year.

Mr Waterman said: “After a seasonally quiet tail end to 2023 we had expected to come back after Christmas to a steady market, However we were delighted to see the impact of a cocktail of cooling mortgage rates and pent up demand.

"Chard has always been an area in high demand with affordable house prices, stunning countryside and easy links to the Jurassic Coast, but the levels of demand that we saw in January was only equalled at the height of the pandemic.

"We have always known what a gem the town of Chard and surrounding areas are and it is good to see that this is now being widely recognised by an ever-increasing number of house-hunters.”

To find out how the team at Chard can help with your next move, call the office on 01460 238382.