NW11 in August produced an unusual inversion, with buyers paying £749 per square foot while the average available home asked £698, the lowest asking rate in six years. The properties selling were both larger and stronger by the foot, which says the better stock is trading while the smaller and less distinctive supply accumulates. Sales at 25 were up 13.6 per cent on the year and above the six year average, and only two fell through, the joint lowest in the run. With twenty five transactions and a postcode spanning Suburb houses and Golders Green flats, the monthly averages swing hard, so read the direction rather than the decimals. The direction is that quality is still moving here.