Worth the wait
The shortage of homes currently on the market, which is partly responsible for pushing up prices, has driven one man to queue overnight in his car in order to get the house he wanted. Geoffrey Scollick slept the night in his Ford Escort at Redrow's Hampton Gate development in East Molesey, Surrey, in order to reserve a pounds 150,000 four-bedroom detached house.
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