Surveyors reiterate call for Stamp Duty holiday following lockdown market ‘collapse’
RICS' measure of new residential property instructions fell to its lowest level on record in April (since at least April 1999). Prices are likely to take nearly a year to recover from the Covid-19 crisis, say surveyors...
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Housing market activity continued to 'gain momentum' in July, reports the RICS, but most surveyors 'do not expect this impetus to continue' for more than a few months...
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