Agreed house sales have hit their highest level for at least a decade in the last month, with sales 60% above the figure recorded last August, according to the latest numbers from property portal Rightmove.

The online listings firm said it had seen the highest number of sales ever since it started recording the data 10 years ago, with the £37bn of transactions a fifth above the previous high. The move follows the bringing in of a temporary stamp duty holiday by chancellor Rishi Sunak at the start of July.

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