The impact of stamp duty on property transaction numbers will be greater in 2021 than during any other year
2021 will be a case study for how differing rates of stamp duty impact the property market, writes Tom Bill - and another big spike in transaction numbers is on the cards for later this month…

Tom Bill is Head of UK Residential Research, producing reports that include Knight Frank’s flagship Prime Central London indices, the Super Prime London Insight and the London Residential Review. He has written detailed reports on London sub-markets and contributes to The Wealth Report and Global Cities report. Tom, a former Bloomberg and Reuters property journalist, is a regular media contributor on the London property market and has presented at events in Europe and the Middle East.
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Exactly a year on from the first national lockdown, Tom Bill curates ten numbers that tell the story of an unprecedented 12 months in the UK housing market - and provide some clues as to what might come…
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