Asking prices 'highest for April'

House-sellers have hiked their asking prices to the highest amounts ever recorded in the month of April amid further signs of a recovering market, a property search website has reported.

The gap between the sums that sellers are asking and actual selling prices has also narrowed, indicating that sellers are having to negotiate less and buyers are in a position to pay more, Rightmove found.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%