House sales ‘highest on record’ in February

By Joey Gardiner2021-03-24T00:46:00

HMRC reports spike in completed deals ahead of expected stamp duty holiday deadline

Housing sales in February surged as home buyers rushed to meet the original end-of-March deadline to pay less stamp duty, according to government figures.

Figures releases by HM Revenue & Customs yesterday showed that there were 147,050 residential property sales in February, 47% up on the same month in 2020.

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