Monthly property transactions rise in September - ONS
Data published by the Office for National Statistics this morning showed completed residential property transactions in September remains very strong.
In part, this was due to the stamp duty lag and but it also a result of the fact that changing housing preferences continue to drive transactions.
- The report showed provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in September 2021 was 160,950, 68.4% higher than September 2020 and 67.5% higher than August 2021.
“Transaction levels in September had the madness of the summer stamped all over them”, said mortgage broker Lewis Shaw in Mansfield.