Main image: Non-seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted UK residential property transactions by month between April 2019 and April 2022, in thousand transactions (via HMRC)
Transactions fall as the property market calms
April's tally of residential property sales was still well above pre-pandemic norms, but the market appears to be easing from its frantic pace.
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