Estate agents in Cumbria are bucking the national trend of house prices falling by £3,600.

Industry experts have not seen a summer slowdown - with one actually experiencing an increase in sales on this time last year.

And they added that the region is cushioned from Brexit fallout due to its remoteness from the southern market.

They were responding to a report that the average price tag on a home fell by £3,600 in August due to Brexit uncertainty combined with the summer holiday slowdown.

This was after an average £2,100 price rise in June, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Richard Stronach, director at H&H King, with offices in Carlisle and Penrith, said: "I genuinely have to say that we have not as yet seen the expected slowdown in sales being agreed."

Will Tod, of Carlisle's Hayward Tod agency, added: "The aftermath of Brexit has had a smaller effect in our northern market than elsewhere in the country. We've not lost any sales as a result and sales volumes are actually 20 per cent up on this time last year."

Neil Emmerson, general manager of Tiffen & Co, which has branches in Workington, Whitehaven and Cockermouth, as well as Carlisle, agreed that the area's market was bucking the trend: "Since Brexit we have not experienced a slowdown in business, in fact the opposite.

"The usual quiet period we experience during the school holidays also hasn’t happened and we have been busy right through, which is certainly very encouraging."

The report by property website Rightmove said that the £3,602 month-on-month fall in the price of property coming to market took the average asking price across England and Wales to £304,222 in August, in line with average decreases usually seen during the summer holidays.

However, it has been business as usual in Carlisle over the past few months.

Mr Stronach said: "July 2015 and July 2016 are virtually identical in the number of exchanges taking place - we saw 15 in 2015 and have seen 16 in 2016.

"I would expect August to be slower with it being the traditional holiday month but fully expect that the market will again move forward in September and October."

Mr Tod commented: "The first half of the year was strong and we expect a strong finish to the year as well."

Rightmove has predicted that 2016 will be a year of two halves for the housing market, with a surge in buyers already having been seen in the first half of the year as buy-to-let investors rushed to beat a stamp duty hike which was imposed for this sector on April 1.

Mr Tod said: "We saw a little surge prior to the buy-to-let stamp duty change but in reality it has perhaps held things back a little after the change as costs for buyers have drastically increased.

"The slump in activity in July/August is not uncommon as people's minds focus on holidays and with children off school, parents often find it harder to get out and view property.

"We usually see September as a busy month for viewings and sales activity increasing into October. While we haven't seen huge increases in prices the trend has definitely been positive year on year."

The property sector in the north west is very different from London and the south east which means that the region is protected for peaks and troughs in the industry.

Mr Stronach said: "I would also suggest that the southern regions will be hit harder than the north. The south will see a slowdown of Europeans coming into that market place, especially in the London area.

"As always in our area there is value for money - when you buy a property you feel that you are not being overcharged.

"However, we may see a decrease in buyers coming from the south in view of the fact that they may not have been able to achieve the high prices for their own or in fact find a sale."

The Office for National Statistics figures for June show that the average UK house price was £214,000 in June - £17,000 higher than in June 2015 and £2,100 higher than in May.