Episode 45: Increasing property transactions

Simon and Stuart chat about a recent article in the Financial Times claiming property transactions are increasing thanks to the stamp duty holiday. Show notes include a link to the source data. This week's conversation covered: House sales climb for second month. Based on HMRC figures using stamp duty records (direct PDF link). Too early to be from the stamp duty holiday. High LTV mortgage products are currently rare. Transactions are recovering well, but they're currently still down from last year. Was the stamp duty holiday too early? Will the stamp duty holiday be extended? A lot of the recovery in transactions will just be catching up from what was missed. Sold, STC! On the market for less than 10 days. Home information packs to speed up conveyancing. Don't believe the blockchain hype! If you've enjoyed this podcast, please tell someone else about it.