Transaction numbers hold up – ONS
Official figures indicate that the monthly volume of residential property transactions is now close to the ten-year average, with little change over the last year.
Property transaction numbers recover from lockdown lowpoint
The cumulative number of offers accepted in the UK since the start of the year is now above the five-year average, says Knight Frank.
Resi transaction numbers picked up in October
13.3% more deals completed last month compared to October 2016, according to provisional HMRC statistics.
Homemover numbers slumped by nearly a third in H1
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