SDLT deadline drives ‘massive and unprecedented’ spike in UK transaction levels

The Government's latest stats have put last month's UK resi transaction tally at 98,540.

March saw the highest number of £1m+ sales ever recorded in a single month in Scotland, according to new research into the impact of the introduction of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.

The widely-predicted flurry of post-election instructions turned out to be a pretty damp sqib in reality, according to the latest RICS survey.