HMRC: Residential property transactions see "breathtaking" 9.8% rise during September

HMRC: Residential property transactions see "breathtaking" 9.8% rise during September

Another busy month for the UK property market, with no signs of the usual pre-Christmas slowdown as the latest data released this morning from HMRC reveals that UK residential transactions in October 2020 were 8.1% higher than October 2019 and 9.8% higher than September 2020. (Please click or tap the picture to find out more)

HMRC state that the provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in October 2020 is 121,740, 13.7% higher than October 2019 and 23.7% higher than September 2020.
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Source: Property Reporter



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