Main image: Transactions and receipts have decreased following the first COVID-19 lockdown period beginning in March 2020 but have now recovered
SDLT receipts rocket as nil-rate threshold doubles
Stamp Duty revenue leapt to a record high in Q3, but the property market is now cooling from its pandemic boom.
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Newly-agreed rental prices in prime London jumped 19% in 2022, says a specialist buy-to-let buying agency, while renewal prices surged 7.4% in Q4.
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Agency seals string of super-prime St George’s Hill sales
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Savills downgrades prime forecasts; no recovery for PCL prices until 2029
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