The cost of buying and selling property has certainly risen, but, or those ready to do some legwork, there are some excellent low cost finance deals around writes David Lawrenson

Earlier this year the Woolwich's survey of home moving costs found that the price of moving home has grown rapidly in recent years.

This could explain why there is a scarcity of property coming onto the market and why many home owners in the non-investor market are often more prepared to expand homes up, down or sideways rather than move on into a bigger one.

Costs up 180% in six years!

For example, the average transaction costs facing first time buyers are up by over 90% since the start of the decade.