The deed is done. My buyer was as good as his word. He said he would exchange within 48 hours, without a survey, and that’s exactly what he's done.

The new sign outside my house is something I almost gave up on ever seeing there.

I know how lucky I am!

Today’s DailyTelegraph is reporting that house prices will suffer "double digit falls" in both 2008 and 2009.

Prices dropped by 2.5% in May alone – the biggest monthly decline since records began! This is far more than economists had forecast – and there is no end in sight.

The slump was more than four times the rate of decline forecast by analysts after a 0.9 per cent fall in April.

"The pace of house price falls accelerated in May as more weak economic news added to the gathering momentum of negative sentiment in the housing market," said Fionnuala Earley, chief economist at the Nationwide, Britain's second largest mortgage lender.

May's fall was the largest monthly decline since Nationwide began compiling data in January 1991 and shows the housing market slump is gathering momentum.

As my mother has said to me all along during this white knuckle ride “it only takes one dear”.  How right she was. 

One who was absolutely determined to get my house.  

I am on my way to join the Virtual Husband across the pond very soon now.

It was a case of “Hello GB Liners” today.

Bring on the removal men!