【BBC】'Our flat has been for sale for four years': Why is the market so weak?

In 2015, thousands of people queued overnight in the rain to reserve and buy studio apartments selling for under £200,000 in Hounslow, west London.

It's in stark contrast to today's appetite for flats, with property portals reporting a slump in sales.

But why, when the country is in a housing crisis with a desperate need for affordable homes, are flats now struggling to sell?

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