Why March 2021 was a record-breaker for the UK property market
The number of UK exchanges last month was the highest in ten years, notes Tom Bill - and the stamp duty holiday was only partly responsible...
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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